BANGKOK, Oct 8 – The government will launch a television station in Yawi, a Malay dialect widely spoken in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, starting Jan 1, Minister to the PM’s Office Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisal said today.

He said the Yawi broadcast is aimed at creating a better understanding among southern people on the government’s administration, improving the people’s quality of life and career, and resolving the perennial crisis in the muslim-dominated region.

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