Recent weeks have seen stirrings of progress on the long-running conflict in southern Thailand. On February 7, the Thai government and representatives of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN), the main insurgent group in the Deep South, agreed on a roadmap to try to end the region’s long-running conflict. After a pause in peace talks due … Read more
The Thai government and Muslim separatist rebels in southern Thailand have agreed on a roadmap to try to end the region’s long-running conflict, according to the Malaysian of facilitator the talks. In a news conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening, Malaysian facilitator Zulkifli Zainal Abidin said that the two sides had agreed “in principle” to … Read more
Advertisement A bomb blast in the Bannang Sata district of Yala province in Southern Thailand on May 12, just two days before the country’s general election, is a telling tale of how deeply trapped the region is in insurgency and violence. The explosion claimed an army ranger’s life while three ranger volunteers were also wounded. … Read more
Advertisement Thailand’s insurgency express is a colorful, aging, and rickety train that winds its way across the country’s southern provinces of Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat. Beginning in Hat Yai, the economic capital of the South, the train ends its journey in Sungai Golok, a neon-soaked red-light town and smuggling center on the Malaysian border. … Read more