Pattani, Thailand News

By D. Arul Rajoo BANGKOK, Dec 4 -- Suspected insurgents stormed a house and shot dead a couple and their teenage son who were having dinner on Thursday, in the restive southern Thailand.

By D.Arul Rajoo BANGKOK, Dec 3 -- Four years after hitting the lowest point in their otherwise excellent bilateral ties, Malaysia and Thailand are on the brink of an historic milestone as their top leaders meet in the kingdom on Tuesday.

" Thailand's former prime minister, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, recently ignited a furor when he proposed that the separatist campaign in his country's Muslim-majority southern provinces might be solved politically, with a form of self-rule. Thailand's ruling Democrat Party immediately called Chavalit's remarks "traitorous." But recent developments ...

A police officer was seriously wounded in a ride-by shooting in Pattania s Saiburi district on Tuesday morning, Saiburi police chief Pol Col Wanlop Chamnong-arsa said.

Flooding has halted the Hat Yai to Kuala Lumpur train services as heavy rainfall continued in several southern provinces.

By Simon Roughneen in Bangkok for ISN Security Watch Lieutenant-General Pichet Wisaijorn, regional commander of the Thai 4th army, told reporters in Thailand's capital on 18 November that "things are getting better, the number of violent incidents are down, and the traditional life of villagers in the south is returning." He was discussing ...

Since violence resurfaced in the deep South provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and parts of Songkhla six years ago, many state officials have asked for transfers to other provinces, causing severe staff shortages.

In mid 2004, a group of police officers led a team of reporters during the arrest of a suspected insurgent hiding out at Ban Bana in Pattani's Muang district.

Thursday, 19 November 2009, 1:05 pm Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission November 17, 2009 Since three special laws have been enforced in the three Southern border provinces including the Martial Law Act B.E.2457 and the Emergency Decree on Government Administration in States of Emergency B.E. 2548 covering the provinces of Pattani, Yala ...

Six insurgents were killed by Thai security forces in the restive southern province of Pattani on Tuesday, police said.

Page 1 of 2 Missing the nuance in south Thailand By Jason Johnson PATTANI - Since the dramatic upsurge of violence in the predominantly Muslim provinces of southern Thailand in 2004, many have simplified portrayals of the ethnic Malay Muslim population.

Jiranan Phedsri confesses that she has "one true friend." The 51-year-old Thai housewife strokes the object of her affection, caressing its cool curves.

An evacuation plan is underway until Monday for villagers in two tambons of Yala's Bannang Sata district because of a landslide threat; while Pattani province has declared Yaring district its ninth flood disaster zone.

The Nation's Thanong Khanthong draws a parallel between court intrigue during the ancient times of Indian King Ajatashatru, a contemporary of the Buddha, and modern political scheming by the likes of General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh It merely took two strokes for General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to win the heart of former PM Thaksin Shinawatra as well as ...

The other side of the coin on the proposal to set up a "Pattani City" is that at least we are open to listen to the idea, although the idea may not be welcome in the first place.

Floods caused by heavy rains have claimed 15 lives in southern Thailand, officials said Monday.

Flooding is hitting the deep South following several days of heavy rains, with six people drowning and hundreds of thousands of villagers in seven provinces affected.

Pheu Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Tuesday began his visit to the Deep South even though his proposal for granting a form of self-rule, dubbed Nakhon Rat Pattani, drew a flak.

Nearly three-quarters of the people surveyed by Suan Dusit Poll were against the idea of establishing a semi-autonomous a oeNakhon Pattania in the far South, as proposed by opposition Puea Thai Party chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has told parliament that the government disagreed with the idea of establishing autonomous areas in lower South, as it was not a solution to the problem.