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Train services to and from Su-ngai Kolok railway station, in Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, resumed today after repairs were completed on a section of track damaged by an IED blast on Saturday.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul stressed the urgent need today for better intelligence gathering in the restive Deep South, citing the wave of violent attacks in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces over the weekend.
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has voiced strong support for the government’s efforts to expedite the conclusion of the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the United States.
The chief negotiator for the southern peace talks has proposed bringing forward to next month the dialogue with the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist group, originally scheduled for October, following the recent wave of unrest in Thailand’s southernmost provinces, according to Wan Muhamad Noor Matha, the prime minister’s chief adviser on peace-building in the South.
Unrest continued in Pattani province last night when assailants attacked a convenience store in Mayo district, setting off an explosion and fire before fleeing the scene.
Interior Permanent Secretary Arsit Sampantharat has ordered the governors of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Satun and Songkhla to increase security in their respective provinces to its maximum peacetime level following a wave of bomb and arson attacks in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat since Saturday night.
Police in Muang district of Kamphaeng Phet province have taken two men into custody following the abduction of a female Chinese tourist, who was tricked into a car in Bangkok and driven towards Mae Sot district in Tak province.
The first phase of a fence along the Thai-Cambodian border in Ban Laem, Pong Nam Ron district of Chanthaburi province has been completed, said the Thai Navy.
Thailand’s first successful robotic telesurgery was performed on a prostate cancer patient at Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital by a team of specialists at Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok, the Public Health Ministry announced today, marking a milestone in Thai medicine.
The resumption of peace talks and an upcoming military troop rotation are believed to be among the factors behind a series of incidents in Thailand’s southernmost provinces over the weekend, according to Thanut Suvarnananda, chief negotiator for the southern peace talks.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday laid out plans for the "economic asphyxiation" of Iran, expanding Washington's secondary sanctions threats and warning of dire consequences for countries that do not join the campaign.
Officials of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts continued inspecting railway tracks in Narathiwat province today for improvised explosive devices (IEDs) allegedly planted by insurgents amid a wave of disruption that began on Saturday in Narathiwat, Yala and Pattani provinces.
Northern Thailand could become a crucial pillar of global food security as severe climate shocks, unpredictable weather and shifting trade patterns place unprecedented pressure on agricultural supplies worldwide.
China’s historic Chang’e-7 mission to search for water ice near the Moon’s south pole has been delayed and will not take place this year, according to Xinhua news agency.
Malaysian police have stepped up security along the Malaysia-Thailand border following more than 50 bombings, arson attacks on local government offices and tyre-burning incidents reported in three southern Thai provinces on Saturday.
Many persimmon growers in Mae Chaem district of Chiang Mai have decided not to harvest their fruit, allowing it to fall to the ground and rot in their orchards because picking it is no longer cost-effective.
