Two Public Parks Closed in Yala Following Series of Bomb Blasts

YALA – Authorities have temporarily closed two public parks in the Muang district of this southern border province following a series of eight bomb explosions on Wednesday night. The incidents resulted in no casualties but prompted immediate safety measures ahead of planned traditional ceremonies. Southern Thailand on Edge as Multiple Explosives Neutralized in Phuket, Krabi […]

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Insurgents Launch Coordinated Attacks in Southern Thailand

NARATHIWAT/YALA — Insurgents in Thailand’s deep south launched a series of coordinated attacks overnight Sunday into Monday, detonating explosives and setting fire to car tires across five districts in Narathiwat and one in Yala province. The violence, which injured two civilians and damaged property, was timed to mark Malaysia’s National Day and the anniversary of […]

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Military officer seriously wounded in Yala ambush

YALA: A military officer was seriously wounded in an ambush by an unknown number of armed men in front of a military outpost in Bannang Sata district of this southern Thai border province on Tuesday morning. Southern Thailand Unrest: Multiple Attacks Hit Narathiwat Lt Phuwiwat Khamsong, 41, of Nakhon Si Thammarat, was shot in the […]

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Three injured in Yala bomb attack

Three people were injured and a truck was damaged when two suspected insurgents threw two pipe bombs onto a road in southern Thailand’s Yala province yesterday evening. Thaksin Undeterred by Two Bombings, Continues Southern Border Visit One of the devices was a dud, police said. CCTV installed on Siroros Road, in Muang district, recorded the […]

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