Wednesday, 29 July 2015

A goodwill gesture brutally batted aside by insurgents

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A history of mistrust has come back to haunt the latest peace efforts in the South Don Pathan Special to The Nation The recent release ...
Sunday, 5 July 2015

EDITORIAL: Southern youth activists taking to the streets

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The Nation Their involvement in anti-coup protest in Bangkok is actually good for country An interesting development over the past ...
Saturday, 27 June 2015

Bangkok lacks THE WILL to make peace in deep South

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A LONG-STANDING CULTURE OF IMPUNITY AMONG SECURITY FORCES IS PREVENTING THE LATEST PUSH FOR PEACE FROM GAINING TRACTION DON PATHAN SPECIA...
Tuesday, 2 June 2015

Deep South: Under the wreckage of lies, a complicated truth

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Don Pathan Special to The Nation Yala, Thailand The killing of two Buddhist monks on Visakha Bucha day four years ago shed light on the...
Friday, 22 May 2015

Deep South peace efforts hit another dead end

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Bangkok goes back to the drawing board after platform of separatist groups collapses and bomb attacks continue Don Pathan Special to The ...
Tuesday, 7 April 2015

EDITORIAL: Take away the licence to kill

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TRIGGER-HAPPY SECURITY OFFICIALS IN THE SOUTH NEED TO REASSESS PROCEDURES THAT FUEL THE ANGER ON WHICH INSURGENCY FEEDS Thai security forc...
Thursday, 2 April 2015

Lost in FOG of conflict, peace talks must go back to basics

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Don Pathan Special to the Nation To make progress in deep south, negotiations must first focus on verifying separatist groups' creden...