BANGKOK, 3 October 2010 (NNT) – A bomb went off at Raman train station in Yala Province, injuring three police officers and a local. Authorities said the incident was caused by those with ill intention in the area. Yala provincial police’s bomb disposal team, together with local authorities, inspected the site of the explosion which […]
YALA, Thailand: Suspected islamic insurgents killed three soldiers and wounded another four in a gun fight with security forces and an ambush in the restive Thai south, police said Sunday. A group of more than 10 militants attacked six soldiers while they were patrolling in Yala province on Sunday morning, sparking a 10-minute gunfight in […]
RANONG, 1 October 2010 (NNT) – Ranong’s Public Health office is concerned over the outbreak of H1N1 from Ranong students returning back from Bangkok during the school holidays. MD Thongchai Keeratihattayakong, Ranong Public Health doctor, has expressed his concern today over the possible outbreak of H1N1 in the province from students returning back from the […]
Yala – A ranger was injured when muslim insurgents mounted an attack at a ranger post in this southern border province Thursday night, police reported Friday morning. Police said an unknown number of insurgents opened fire at the Ranger Taskforce 4147 in Moo 2 village of Tambon Bacho in Bacho district at 8:15 pm. The […]
Pattani, Thailand – Suspected muslim separatist insurgents dressed in police uniforms shot and killed five people in Thailand’s restive, muslim-majority South, police said Wednesday. The attackers drove up to a spot where farmers were selling fruit Tuesday night and opened fire on the crowd with automatic weapons, said Colonel Amnuay Dee with the Saiburi police […]
A teenager killed in a tragic car crash had survived the tsunami disaster of 2004 by fleeing with his family. Billy Cooney, 19, suffered fatal injuries at 5am on Thursday when his Vauxhall Corsa ploughed into a barrier on the A627M at the Elk Mill roundabout in Oldham. He was taken to the Royal Oldham […]
SURAT THANI, 25 September 2010 (NNT) – Koh Pha-ngan’s local administration and private sector have joined hands to organize the Full Moon Marathon 2010 on 24 September to promote the local tourism. The world’s first Full Moon Marathon was organized on Koh Pha-ngan of Surat Thani province, which is internationally recognized for the best full […]
September 21, 2010: In response to a recent surge of attacks against teachers in the Moslem south, the government has raised the pay of teachers down there and improved security as well. In the last six years, 137 school personnel, mostly teachers, have been killed down there, and several hundred injured. The Islamic radicals oppose […]
