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Thai junta rejects conditional peace talks with Muslim insurgents

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  • Posted 11 Apr 2017 18:00

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha attends a news conference with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military junta on Tuesday rejected a conditional offer from the main Muslim separatist group fighting in southern Thailand to enter into formal peace talks.

The Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) said on Monday that it would be willing to enter into formal negotiations on the decades-old insurgency if certain conditions were met by the Thai government.

Among its demands were mediation by a neutral third party and the participation of international observers. Tiếp tục đọc “Thai junta rejects conditional peace talks with Muslim insurgents” →

Wave of small explosions hit southern Thailand after king signs new charter

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Wave of small explosions hit southern Thailand after king signs new charter
King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun stands at the monument to King Rama I after signing a new constitution in Bangkok on Thursday. | REUTERS

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Reuters, Apr 7, 2017BANGKOK – Thai police on Friday reported 22 attacks, including at least five small bomb blasts, in Muslim-majority southern Thailand only hours after King Maha Vajiralongkorn signed a new constitution on Thursday as a step toward ending military rule.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in the attacks in the region where there has been a recent upsurge in a decades-old Muslim separatist insurgency. Parts of the region voted against the new constitution at a referendum last year. Tiếp tục đọc “Wave of small explosions hit southern Thailand after king signs new charter” →

Hundreds march as shooting of boy shocks Thai south

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  • Posted 03 Mar 2017 16:21
  • Updated 03 Mar 2017 16:30

Police investigate the scene of a shooting in Khoksator village in southern Thailand on March 2, 2017 where an eight-year-old boy and three relatives were shot dead on their way to school. (AFP Photo/Madaree Tohlala)

BANGKOK: More than 1,000 people marched in Thailand’s insurgency-torn south on Friday (Mar 3) to condemn the killing of a Buddhist family, including an eight-year-old boy, as a sudden spike in violence undercuts progress in peace talks.

The under-reported rebellion waged by Malay Muslim insurgents against the Buddhist-majority Thai state has killed more than 6,800 people, mostly civilians, since it erupted 13 years ago. Tiếp tục đọc “Hundreds march as shooting of boy shocks Thai south” →