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Chaos as Betong residents rush to fill petrol amid torrential rain

  RESIDENT of Betong city in southernmost Yala province and near the Malaysian border queued up to fill petrol at pumps amid ongoing torrential rain fearing a shortage as the key road to Yala city has been cut off with some pumps running out of supply, Naewna newspaper said this evening (Nov. 29). At Ratana

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Border area occupied by Wa rebels not a no-man’s land: Ex-deputy NSC chief

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A DEBATABLE AREA of high terrains on the Thai-Myanmar border cannot be practically called a “no-man’s land”  since Wa rebels have already occupied it, according to a retired, high-ranking government official. Former deputy National Security Council secretary-general Pongsakorn Rodchompoo yesterday (Nov. 28) pointed out that the correct definition of a

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