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Thailand’s military government says it plans to deploy drones to the insurgency-stricken Deep South for reconnaissance flights to alert army patrols and other security personnel to imminent rebel attacks and roadside bombings.The military will deploy at least three unarmed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to carry out eye-in-the-sky surveillance
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NARATHIWAT: Two patrolling police officers were attacked by four men riding on two motorcycles, but emerged from the fusillade of bullets unscathed, in Sungai Padi district on Wednesday night.The shooting occurred outside Pracharat Samakkhi police outpost at Paluroo village in tambon Sungai Padi about 8pm.Full story: Bangkok PostWAEDAO HARAI BANGKOK POST
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Thailand’s government will not negotiate with southern insurgents who use violence to press it into accepting their demands, the chief Thai negotiator in peace talks with Deep South rebels said Friday.Gen. Aksara Kerdpol was reacting to a BBC Thai news report that quoted a Barisan Revolusi Nasional insurgent as saying
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PATTANI: Four ranger volunteers were killed and five others and a civilian hurt when an improvised bomb exploded on a road in Sai Buri district on Friday morning.The bomb was buried in a road in tambon Taping and went off around 6.15am as a military pickup truck carrying a nine-member
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BANGKOK, 16th September 2017 (NNT) – Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has asked Malaysia to help Thailand establish peace in the violence-torn south.Gen Prayut held discussions with Malaysia’s Deputy Minister of Finance, Datuk Seri Johari bin Abdul Ghani and high-ranking Malaysian officials at Government House in Bangkok yesterday.Full story: NNTReporter:
Read More A Thai soldier and a police officer were killed and 26 others including civilians were injured in roadside bombings and shootings in the Deep South early on Thursday, security officials said.The violence began around 1:30 a.m. when a bomb exploded next to a utility pole in Yala’s Kabang district. No
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Armed robbers stole five pickup trucks and took four hostages from a second-hand car dealership in Songkhla’s Na Thawi district in broad daylight on Wednesday.One of the pickups was quickly converted into a car bomb, which later exploded harmlessly near Yabee bridge in tambon Yabee of Nong Chik district of
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Two defence volunteers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb explosion while on patrol to provide security for teachers in Pattani’s Mai Kaen district on Tuesday morning (Aug 1), police said.The incident occurred at 9.10am when the six volunteers of Tambon Talo Kraithong, who were patrolling on three
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