News from Thailand – September 20, 2012
The municipality of Bangkok and the government are once again at odds with each other. The government accuses the municipality of draining water far too slowly after the heavy rains on Tuesday afternoon.
News from Thailand – September 19, 2012
About 500 Muslims demonstrated in the pouring rain in front of the US embassy in Bangkok yesterday. According to the newspaper, they were 'angry'. Like Muslims in other countries, they protested against a film mocking Mohammed.
The Forgotten Conflict: Insurrection in the South
In the three southern provinces of Thailand, there are almost daily deaths and injuries in attacks, bomb explosions, executions and beheadings. How did it come to this? What are the solutions?
Violence in the South enters ninth year
On January 4, 2004, Islamic insurgents in Narathiwat captured 413 firearms, mostly M16 rifles. Since then, more than 12.000 violent incidents have occurred in southern Thailand, with 5.243 killed and 8.941 injured: ordinary citizens, soldiers, police officers, teachers, monks and alleged insurgents.
Thai teachers teach armed
BANGKOK, Sept. 27, 2010 (IPS) - Thai teachers don't just put textbooks and notes in their bags in the morning. Many also bring a gun to school. “About 70 percent of all teachers in Narathiwat carry a gun,” said Sanguan Inrak, president of the southern province of Narathiwat Teachers Association. The neighboring provinces of Pattani and Yala, on the Thai-Malaysian border, see a similar trend. Thailand has a Buddhist majority, but in the south of the…
