News from Thailand – March 7, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Police investigation into hit-and-run Red Bull heir completed
• Yingluck admires Belgian parliament
• Peace negotiations in the South begin on March 28
• Sunday Times: CP Food is destroying maritime ecosystem
100 words on the road to peace in the South
Last week, Thailand and a southern resistance group in Kuala Lumpur struck an agreement in principle to begin peace talks. What exactly did they agree on? And do those beautiful words mean anything?
Thailand signed an agreement in principle with a resistance group on Wednesday to begin peace talks. Yasri Khan has little faith in it as long as the government ignores the problems of the people in the South.
First step towards peace in Southern Thailand
The Thai government and the separatist group National Revolutionary Front (BRN) are willing to sit at the negotiating table. For years, insurgents have been demanding the independence of three southern provinces where XNUMX percent of the population is Muslim.
News from Thailand – February 6, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• Toddler (3) says Thai alphabet; hit on YouTube
• Four fruit traders murdered in cold blood in Yala
• Pressure on central bank is increasing due to baht exchange rate rise
News from Thailand – December 26, 2012
In contrast to the Netherlands, the newspaper in Thailand also appears on Christmas. In this episode of News from Thailand:
• Minivan drives into canal: 3 killed, 9 injured
• General's idea: soldiers for the class in the South
• Big C wants even bigger: from 346 to 1250 branches
News from Thailand – December 14, 2012
“This war is not over. Don't count the teachers' bodies just yet.' Flyers with that threatening message were distributed in southern Songkhla province ahead of Prime Minister Yingluck's visit.
Violence in the South traumatizes children
More than 2004 people have been killed since violence erupted in southern Thailand in 5.300. Even more worrying is the number of orphans: 5.000. Many suffer from anxiety disorders.
News from Thailand – September 24, 2012
On Friday, Suvarnabhumi Airport celebrates its sixth anniversary, but it will not be a festive day, because the Immigration officials are heavily overworked.
The aftermath of a fake bomb detector
Four hundred people were arrested in the South by the army on the basis of a fake bomb detector. The English manufacturer is being prosecuted for fraud. But the military continues to believe in it and refuses to make excuses.
News from Thailand – September 18, 2012
So far, 20 percent less rain has fallen than last year. A repeat of last year's severe flooding is therefore not an option.
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?
News from Thailand – September 1, 2012
Militants - they call themselves freedom fighters - yesterday showed that they are lord and master in the four southernmost provinces of Thailand. One hundred incidents were reported and not a single arrest was made.
News from Thailand – April 29, 2012
The good news is that the average scores of Prathom 6 and Mathayom 3 students have improved in almost all subjects on the Ordinary National Education Test (ONET). According to Minister Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech (Education), they have performed well.
Southern Thailand: Fourteen dead in bomb explosions
The south of Thailand was shaken yesterday by the most serious bomb explosions since August 2008. Three explosions in Yala and an explosion and fire in Songkhla killed 14 people and injured nearly 500 people.
16 dead in Thailand bombings
At least eight people were killed and 68 injured in three bomb attacks by Muslim rebels in southern Thailand on Saturday. It is one of the deadliest attacks in months in the troubled south of the country.