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At least 13 people died and tens of thousands evacuated in one of the worst floods in decades to batter southern Thailand and northern Malaysia.. The floods have impacted nearly 534,000 households ...
Thailand's southern region has experienced its deadliest attack in years. Suspected separatist insurgents stormed a checkpoint in its Muslim-majority south, killing at least 15 people - including ...
[6] [7] In the first decade of the twentieth century, the king of Thailand, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) visited the southern regions of his country and met with the Semang people. In 1906, an orphan Semang boy who was captured and named Khanung was sent to the royal court, where he was perceived as the adoptive son of the ruler. [ 8 ]
The former Sultanate of Pattani, which included the southern Thai provinces of Pattani (Patani), Yala (Jala), Narathiwat (Menara)—also known as the three Southern Border Provinces (SBP) [64] —as well as neighbouring parts of Songkhla Province (Singgora), and the northeastern part of Malaysia , was conquered by the Kingdom of Siam in 1785 ...
The attacks in Songkhla Province may have suggested that insurgent activity was expanding, or simply that security in Songkhla province was more lax than in the three southern provinces. [1] [2] The bombings, drive-by shootings and machete attacks in southern Thailand began in January 2004, and by April 2005 had resulted in over 600 deaths ...
A suspected hitman accused of killing a Cambodian former opposition lawmaker in a brazen attack in Bangkok was handed over to Thai authorities on Saturday from Cambodia, where he had been arrested ...
The island of Koh Tao is located in Southern Thailand. Measuring 21 square kilometres (8 sq mi) in area, it is the smallest of three popular tourist islands in the Gulf of Thailand . [ 1 ] Receiving half a million visitors each year, [ 1 ] Koh Tao is especially popular with backpackers and known for its marine life and scuba diving .
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has resigned, the government said on Sunday, after losing the position of deputy prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle.