A BIG group of southern insurgents mounted a well-organised robbery of a gold shop at a shopping mall in Su-ngai Kolok district, Narathiwat province, last evening (Oct. 5) and made off with at least 500 baht weight of gold ornaments, Amarin TV said this morning. There was an exchange of gunfire with police before
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Malaysia ready to mediate conflict in southern Thailand: Anwar
AFTER successfully mediating a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he is now ready to mediate the conflict in southern Thailand and work to end the tension between the two sides, a Bernama news agency report published by Free Malaysia Today online news portal said last night (Aug. 9).
Read moreSuspect in a string of southern bombings arrested
POLICE IN Narathiwat arrested a suspect for whom 13 arrest warrants have been issued for a string of bombings in the three southern provinces yesterday afternoon (Sep. 17), Naewna newspaper said today. Col. Kiattisak Neewong, a spokesman for Internal Security Operations Command Region 4, Forward Division, said a police team who had set up
Read more12 fishing boats capsize amid strong winds, high waves
THE SOUTHERN region is being hit by strong winds and high waves with 12 fishing boats having capsized in Nakhon Si Thammarat this morning (Apr. 16) and many fishermen missing while a ferry in Surat Thani sank halfway at noon, TV Channel 7 said. The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department received a report that
Read moreInsurgent badly hurt while placing bomb in Yala
ONE of two insurgents who rode up on a motorcycle to a water pumping station at Yala’s Suan Si Muang Dam in the dead of the night got badly injured when the improvised explosive device he was carrying to place there went off beforehand, Matichon newspaper said today (Jan. 22). The injured insurgent, Mr.
Read moreFires rage across southern Europe, forcing hundreds to evacuate
By AFP and published by Channel NewsAsia Ankara – Dozens of villages were evacuated in tourist hotspots in southern Turkey on Sunday (August 1) as wildfires that have claimed eight lives raged for a fifth day, while blazes also hit Greece, Italy and Spain. Fanned by soaring temperatures and strong winds – with experts saying
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