BANGKOK, Aug 8 – Their Majesties the King and Queen have been concerned about people in all troubled areas across the country, including the violence-plagued southernmost region, and as a result the royally-sponsored Chaipattana Foundation has been asked to create more jobs to improve the livelihoods of residents in the region, according to its head.

Sumet Tantivejkul, the foundation’s secretary-general, said on Wednesday that Their Majesties the King and Queen have been most concerned about their subjects in all troubled zones in the country, including the deep South where insurgency has intensified since 2004.

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