The current emergency decree in Thailand’s three southernmost border provinces will be extended for three more months, from March 20 to June 19, said Secretary General of the Thai National Security Council Gen Somsak Rungsita.
At least 15 people died and four others were wounded as suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in the southern province of Yala, Thailand on November 5 night, according to the Reuters.
The off-road group in the southern border provinces will organise Southern Thailand 4 x 4 Off-road Asian Challenge 2019 from August 16-18, 2019 in Yala to strengthen relationships among four countries, promote the image of tourism and stimulate the local economy.
One police officer was killed and five others were injured in a recent bomb attack in Thailand’s southern province of Narathiwat, local news reported on December 25.
At least six member of a ranger patrol were injured when a roadside bomb exploded on the morning of January 10 in Thailand’s southern province of Pattani.
Security forces in southern provinces of Thailand have been vigilant over possibilities of increasing violence on the founding day of the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) rebel group (October 25).
A group of insurgents attacked an army patrol in southern Thailand on early September 14 killed one soldier and wounded 20 other people, including two civilians, according to Thai authorities.
Thailand has found no signs of Islamic State (IS) militants or evidence of its involvement in recent attacks in the country’s southern region, said Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on May 31.
Thailand's military announced on May 10 that it is hunting four suspects of a car bomb that wounded more than 60 people outside a supermarket in the southern town of Pattani.