Thailand: Ranger killed, four injured in explosion at house in Narathiwat

A para military ranger was killed and four others were injured when an improvised explosive device, hidden in a house, was remotely detonated as they entered. The incident took place in Ban Taloh in Si Sakhon district of Narathiwat province Read More …

Cambodian war mines removed from Thai border

Mines dating back to the Cambodian Civil War five decades ago were successfully removed from Thai territory along the border with Cambodia on Friday. The Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) of the Royal Thai Army was alerted via social media Read More …

Thailand: Four police, villager hurt in Yala roadside bombing

Four police officers providing protection for teachers and one villager were hurt in a roadside bomb attack in Raman district of Yala province on Thursday morning. The blast occurred on a local road at Na Toey village Moo 3 in Read More …

UNODC: Synthetic Drugs in East and Southeast Asia – Latest developments and challenges

East and Southeast Asia’s drug market has been marked by a decade of growth in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine – a trend that continues. The region has also experienced an expansion in the production and Read More …

Thailand: Pattaya ping pong bomb hooligans injure 2 women

A group of teenage hooligans in Pattaya threw ping pong bombs at two women in the early hours of this morning, leaving them with injuries. At around 1am, a group of approximately 10 teenagers on five motorcycles approached them and Read More …

Thailand: Police team defuse car bomb in Pattani province

A woman found an improvised explosive device made from a gas cylinder strapped to the undercarriage of her SUV on Saturday night, which authorities have managed to defuse safely. Enaz Haji Taye, a resident of tambon Thanon in Mayo district, Read More …

Thailand: Two bomb disposal team members die, one injured in Narathiwat

Two members of an army bomb disposal squad were killed and another injured by a southern insurgent IED attack on the convoy of the deputy commander of the Fourth Army Region in Si Sakhon district of the restive southern province Read More …

Thailand: Demining officer killed, another injured in blast near Thai-Cambodian border

A member of the Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion, as they led a team of forest rangers on a patrol in Phnom Dong Rek Wildlife Sanctuary near the Thai-Cambodian border yesterday Read More …

United States Donates CBRN Detection Equipment to Thailand

The United States Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) donated chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) detection equipment worth USD $2.1 million to the Kingdom of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) during a handover ceremony on December 9, Read More …

Cambodia, Thailand agree to strengthen mine clearance cooperation at border

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) said that they will work closely with Thai authorities to accelerate mine clearance along the borders of the two countries for the common good of both sides. Ly Thuch, senior minister Read More …

Thailand: Bomb explosion kills three railway workers in Songkhla province

A bomb explosion on a railroad track killed at least three railway workers and officials as well as injured several others in southern Thailand on Tuesday, officials said, blaming separatist insurgents for the attack. The bomb was planted near the Read More …

U.S., Thai Military commence Humanitarian Mine Action Explosive Ordnance Disposal training in Kingdom of Thailand

RATCHABURI, Kingdom of Thailand – U.S. Marines from 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, commenced Humanitarian Mine Action Levels 1 and 2 Explosive Ordnance Disposal training with Royal Thai Military Thailand Mine Action Read More …

Thailand: One killed, 16 injured as car bomb rips through Narathiwat police flats

A massive car-bomb blast ripped through the supposedly safe green zone of downtown Narathiwat on Tuesday afternoon, killing one policeman and injuring 16 others. The explosion occurred at 12.50pm inside the compound of Narathiwat police residential flats in Muang district. Read More …

Bombing rocks Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot

Two bombs exploded near the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge just over the border from Mae Sot district, Tak on Saturday night. The first bomb detonated at the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border checkpoint at 7.20pm, causing damage to one car. The second Read More …

Thailand: Loan shark bombs debtor’s house in Phattalung province

A loan shark allegedly threw a deadly military-grade hand grenade at a woman’s house in Phattalung province, southern Thailand, after she failed to meet repayments. At 2pm yesterday, police were called to a house in Mueang district after a gardener Read More …

Thailand: Roadside bomb in Mai Kaen kills police officer, injures three others

A Thai policeman was killed, and four others injured when a roadside bomb detonated as their vehicles passed near a hospital in southern Thailand, police said. A police motorcycle and a patrol truck were travelling together when both were hit Read More …

Thailand: Ranger killed, police, civilians injured by plantation bombs

An army ranger was killed and seven policemen and two civilians injured by bomb explosions in a rubber plantation in Sungai Padi district of this southern border province on Monday morning, police said. The first explosion occurred about 6.30am in Read More …