14 rail routes in Thai southern border provinces still halted

NARATHIWAT, July 28 – Rail services in this restive southern border province remained suspended Thursday for repair work amid tight security following Wednesday’s bombing of State Railway of Thailand tracks in Rangae district. As of Thursday morning, services on 14 rail routes converging on Sungai Kolok station, remain closed as officials are repairing the bomb-damaged […]

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Thai Army plans an offensive in far South

The 4th Army will launch an operation to comb mountainous areas of the three southernmost border provinces of Thailand where insurgents have set up bases and training camps for terrorist activities, Maj-Gen Acra Thiproj said on Tuesday. Maj-Gen Acra, deputy director of the advance headquarters of the Region 4 Internal Security Operations Command, said the […]

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Seven persons wounded in Yala bombing

YALA, July 25 – Seven persons were wounded in an early morning bombing at the entrance of a Yala school on Monday, according to provincial authorities. Five educators were wounded — four teachers, Kanlaya Boonrod, Jintana Boonsanong, Watcharee Puchaphan, and Suwanun Auwannarat, as well as administrator Phirisa Nawapattarawong — all of Ban Limud School. Read […]

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16 wounded in Yala motorcycle bombing

YALA, July 19 – A roadside motorcycle bomb blast on Tuesday wounded 16 people, including military personnel and local residents, in front of a school in the southern border province of Yala, according to the Yala bomb disposal squad and forensic unit. The 16 casualties, including nine military personnel, three students and four residents, have […]

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