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20 years since the Boxing Day tsunami: How Sri Lanka’s Yala National Park has recovered – and thrived

Two decades after the 2004 tsunami devastated coastal regions around Asia, Tamara Davison travels to one of the areas that was worst hit to speak to the people who were impacted and learn how tourism has made a comeback

The Independent UK

Severe flooding continues in South

More than 130,000 households in seven southern provinces have been hit by floods following rains that are forecast to continue in many areas until Dec 3.

Bangkok Post

Deadly Thai mall shooting exposes murky trade in blank handguns that are turned into lethal weapons

Police in Thailand say they have arrested three men they accuse of selling the handgun and ammunition used by a 14-year-old boy to allegedly kill two people and wound five others at a shopping mall in Bangkok

The Independent UK

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3 arrested for selling gun to teen shooter

Three men were separately arrested in Yala and Bangkok for allegedly selling a blank gun and ammunition to a 14-year-old boy who went on a shooting rampage inside Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon.

Bangkok Post

Volunteer ranger killed in Yala bomb blast

A member of a ranger patrol was killed and two others wounded in a bomb attack in Bannang Sata district of Yala on Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post

Understanding 'self-determination'

At the seminar entitled "Self-determination and Patani Peace" at Prince of Songkla University in Pattani on June 7, mock referendum ballots were distributed to the attendants to explore the possibility for a referendum for a "Patani State", or the secession of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and four districts of Songkhla --…

Bangkok Post

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.

Bangkok Post

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Emergency decree extended in South for 72nd time

The emergency decree in force in most of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces will be extended for another three months, from June 20 to Sept 19.

Bangkok Post

Yala’s giant Koran pulls in Muslim visitors

YALA: Muslims from near and far have visited Raman district to see the nation’s biggest Koran, the latest art attraction in the South.

Bangkok Post

Army ranger killed, 3 wounded in Yala bombing

YALA: An army ranger was killed and three other ranger volunteers wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Bannang Sata district of this southern border province on Friday.

Bangkok Post

GT-200 probe lacked teeth

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak became the first high-ranking official to be convicted in the infamous GT-200 bomb detector case, in which he was found guilty of malfeasance in office and sentenced to eight years in prison by the Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

South getting smoke from Indonesia, fires still burning in North

The southernmost district town of Betong in Yala province is covered in smoke haze, which usually comes from Indonesia at this time of the year officials said.

Bangkok Post

Hat Yai-Sungai Kolok train service to resume Monday

The Hat Yai - Sungai Kolok train service suspended on Friday following a rail track bomb in Muang district of Yala province will resume on Monday, a railway official said.

Bangkok Post

Security stepped up after attacks in South

Authorities have tightened security in Hat Yai and Sadao districts of Songkhla following a series of bomb and shooting attacks along rail routes in the three southernmost provinces.

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Emergency decree extended in deep South

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon has approved a further extension of the emergency decree in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat for another three months, from March 20 to June 19.

Bangkok Post

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is more popular than other potential candidates for the post of prime minister among people in the three southern border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, followed by Wan Muhamad Nor Matha of the Prachachart Party, according to a survey by National Institute of Development Administration, or…

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Suspected bomb maker killed by security forces in Yala

YALA: A suspected insurgent wanted in connection with last week’s lethal bomb attack in this southern province was killed in a shootout with security forces in Than Tho district on Tuesday morning.

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Policeman killed, 4 hurt in Yala ambush

YALA: A police officer was killed and four others injured in an ambush by armed men in Bannang Sata district of this southern border province on Friday, district chief Montri Settapanyo said.

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Yala durian registered as GI product

A type of durian unique to the southern border province of Yala has been given official geographical indication (GI) designation, which should help sales and increase growers’ income, according to Deputy Commerce Minister Sinit Lertkrai.

Bangkok Post

Sailor made desperate call home as ship sank

YALA/SURAT THANI: The parents of a missing sailor on HTMS Sukhothai hang onto the hope his mobile phone call back home as the ship went down on Sunday night was not the last time they will ever talk to him.

Bangkok Post

Floods hit 64,400 homes in South

Flooding has affected more than 64,400 households in nine southern provinces since Sunday and persists in seven provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Soldiers injured in Yala grenade, pipe bomb attacks

YALA: Four volunteer rangers were wounded when militants attacked a security outpost and a ranger checkpoint with M79 grenades and a pipe bomb, in Bannang Sata district on Wednesday night.

Bangkok Post

Long sentences for militant leader, followers

YALA: The provincial court has given long prison sentences to one of the leaders and other members of a militant group held responsible for widespread violence in the southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

Bangkok Post

Emergency decree extended in deep South

The emergency decree in force in most of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces will be extended for another three months, from Dec 20 to March 19.

Bangkok Post

Betong's tourist prospects are now looking up

Businesses in the tourism sector of Betong district in Yala have made more than 200 million baht in revenue since the country re-opened in May.

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