The Latest Breaking News from Yala

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…