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Bangkok Post: Migrants in a bind – Editorial
Samut Sakhon :: Thailand | about 1 month ago
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Thailand needs to solve the problem of underground migrant workers, now estimated at 3 million strong. The challenge is how to do it right. The annual registration system has failed miserably because the procedures are too complicated and costly, and...
Tags: Southern Thailand, migrant workers
Thailand Struggles to Contain Southern Violence
Pattani :: Thailand | 2 months ago
Credibility Since 2004 Thailand has seen an upswing in violence in its troubled south, where an insurgency has resulted in close to 4,000 deaths. The attacks seemed to be slowing down until June when a massacre at a mosque renewed tensions between ethnic Thai Buddhists...
Tags: Thailand Struggles, Southern Thailand, Thailand, Pattani
Yahoo! News: Despite Outreach, Violence Is Up In Southern Thailand
Bangkok :: Thailand | 2 months ago
Credibility Thailand markets itself as a Buddhist kingdom, all golden spires and saffron-robed monks. But 80% of the country's southern tip is Muslim, peopled by descendants of a former Malay sultanate that was annexed by what was then known as Siam in 1902.
Tags: southern thailand
Thai leader calls for 'restraint'
Narathiwat :: Thailand | 5 months ago
Credibility Violence persisted Saturday in the Muslim-majority south of Thailand as Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban met local leaders and asked for "restraint." At least two people died Saturday in attacks apparently aimed at Buddhists, the Bangkok Post reported.
Tags: Thailand, southern thailand, deep south, Yala, prime minister, suspected muslims
Thai army chief denies mosque attack
Narathiwat :: Thailand | 5 months ago
Credibility S army chief today denied claims that security forces were to blame for a bloody attack on a mosque in the country's troubled Muslim-majority south that killed 11 people. The government ordered General Anupong Paojinda to fly to the volatile region a...
Tags: Thailand, evening prayers, mosque attack, army chief, Narathiwat, opened fire, southern thailand, narathiwat provinces, gunmen killing, prime minister
Thai PM arrives for one-day visit
Bangkok :: Thailand | 5 months ago
Credibility Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrived here today for a one-day working visit. He was received by Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman upon arrival at the KL International Airport at 9.35am. Abhisit is scheduled to have an audience with Yang diPertuan...
Tags: Southern Thailand, Malaysian, prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thai News Agency, Najib Tun Razak, minister abhisit, deputy prime, suspected insurgency, official visiting
Thailand attack man feared dead
Satun :: Thailand | 8 months ago
Credibility A British man is believed to have been killed when the boat he was sailing in was attacked off the coast of Thailand. Malcolm Robertson, who was accompanied on the boat by his wife Linda, is reported to have had his throat cut and been thrown overboard...
Tags: Thailand Briton, Malcolm Robertson, Linda Robertson, southern thailand, wife linda, Satun, throat slashed, British, marine police, Malaysia
Thailand denies abusing migrants
Bangkok :: Thailand | 10 months ago
Credibility Thailand's government has "categorically denied" mistreating migrants following reports it towed hundreds of desperate boat people back out to sea and abandoned them. Survivors say Thailand's military towed hundreds of migrants from Myanmar's minority...
Tags: Southern Thailand, Thai News Agency, Burma Rivers Network, Rohingyas, Myanmar, rohingyas boatpeople, deeply concerned
Thai PM assures diplomatic envoys of political stability
Bangkok :: Thailand | 10 months ago
Credibility Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday assured diplomatic representatives from 93 countries that Thailand will strengthen the country's political stability and restore confidence both locally and internationally. Abhisit made the...
Tags: Thailand Abusing Muslim Detainees, Southern Thailand, Thai Army, Amnesty International, security forces, rights group, human rights
Bombs injure scores in Thailand
Narathiwat :: Thailand | about 1 year ago
Credibility A car bomb blast at a fruit market and another explosion minutes later at a nearby teashop wounded 73 people in Muslim southern Thailand today, police said. The first explosion appeared to target an outdoor meeting of village chiefs at a district office...
Tags: muslim southern thailand, Thailand, Narathiwat, southern thailand, Muslim, district office, government office, local government, bombs exploded, fruit market
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