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Cambodia is nearing the completion of its most extensive minefield survey, which aims to uncover the full extent of explosive contamination along its borders with Thailand, areas heavily affected by decades of conflict. According to Tep Kallyan, the Deputy Secretary-General Read More …
Authorities have destroyed a suspicious object found in an abandoned motorcycle at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday evening. Officials from the police Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit and the K-9 police dog team conducted a detailed inspection of the motorcycle, Read More …
A Cambodian soldier was killed on Wednesday (May 28) after an exchange of gunfire with the Thai army at the border, a Cambodian army spokesman said, a rare fatality in a long sensitive frontier region. “One of our soldiers died Read More …
The explosion occurred at a residence in the Tha Chana district of Surat Thani at around 8am. The 34 year old man, Surapong Thongnark, was pronounced dead at the scene, while three others sustained minor injuries. Following an argument with Read More …
An explosive attack on a military truck belonging to the 44th Ranger Regiment Task Force in Pattani has left two officers injured. The attack took place at 1pm yesterday, May 13, when unidentified assailants planted a bomb in Yaring district. Read More …
A police officer tragically passed away following a bomb explosion at a lamppost in Narathiwat province. The explosion occurred as the police officer was retrieving evidence from a CCTV camera during an investigation into the fatal shooting of a blind Read More …
Violence continued today in Thailand’s southernmost province of Yala, leaving two border patrol police officers dead and another injured. The officers were driving back from a health check-up when an improvised explosive device, planted under the road, detonated in Than Read More …
Four rangers were injured when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle with a sidecar went off near their housing unit in Rangae district on Sunday. Security cameras installed near the blast site showed an unknown number of men driving the Read More …
A female territorial defence volunteer today narrowly escaped a car bombing in Pattani province. The explosion severely damaged her vehicle, which caught fire. Emergency services responded promptly to assist at the scene. At 10am, today, March 17, the incident occurred Read More …
The police have confirmed that no Malaysian was involved in the shooting and explosion that occurred in Sungai Golok, Thailand last night. Kelantan police chief Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mamat said security controls along the Malaysia-Thailand border will be tightened following Read More …
About 30 U.S. and Thai troops braced themselves Sunday as more than 730 pounds of TNT and nearly 20 pounds of C4 detonated just over half a mile away. Hunkered inside a reinforced shelter, they listened in silence for 30 Read More …
Twenty-three people, including seven police officers, were injured in a bomb explosion near a supermarket in Bannang Sata district, Yala province, on late Sunday. Bannang Sata Police chief Col. Pol. Ranon Surawit said the explosion occurred at 8.20pm local time Read More …
First, hostage Agam Berger, and then later on Thursday, hostages Arbel Yehoud, Gadi Mozes, and five Thai citizens were released by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Berger was freed in the early morning with Yehoud and Mozes released hours later. Read More …
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, pleaded guilty in Manhattan, New York, today to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries, as well as to international narcotics trafficking Read More …
Three policemen were injured when a bomb exploded yesterday morning near a school in Sai Buri district, local authorities said. The explosion, which apparently targeted officers from Sai Buri police station, occurred at 10.30am when they were about to set Read More …
A brazen attack occurred yesterday, December 21, as assailants hurled a pipe bomb at the Border Patrol Police base in Narathiwat, leaving four officers with minor injuries. The incident, captured on CCTV, has prompted a manhunt ordered by local police. Read More …
Thai police on Saturday said two suspects were in custody as authorities investigated a bombing in the north that killed at least three people and injured dozens of others. An explosive device was thrown into a crowd during an outdoor Read More …
Southern insurgents threw a pipe bomb at a road checkpoint in Muang district of Yala province Thursday night, causing damage to three cars. None of the officers or defence volunteers at the checkpoint, on the out-bound lane, were injured. A car Read More …
A group of about 20 armed men raided the Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary in Waeng district, Narathiwat province, on Saturday evening, stealing weapons and setting fire to multiple buildings. The attackers, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, emerged from the Read More …
Four rangers were seriously injured in a bomb attack in Yala’s Bang Sata district today. The rangers were patrolling in a pickup truck in Ban Bajoh village, Tambon Ban Bajoh, when insurgents, concealed in roadside undergrowth, triggered an improvised explosive Read More …