HISTORICAL FACTS: Yala - The Untold Story

South policies need rethink

A series of violent attacks in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat provinces over the weekend was a calculated attempt to humiliate the security apparatus and the Anutin Charnvirakul government.

Bangkok Post · Aug 24

Army plays down attacks

A coordinated wave of 51 attacks across Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala may have been launched to discredit state officials and retaliate against a crackdown on illicit trade, Fourth Army Area commander Lt Gen Norathip Phoynok says.

Bangkok Post · Aug 23

Protests force pause in Yala flood retention plan

A public hearing on the controversial water retention project to prevent flooding in southern Yala city has been put on hold amid growing protests by community leaders and environmentalists.

Bangkok Post · Aug 4

Govt aids victims of Umrah scam

The government is assisting about 150 Muslim pilgrims from Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat who were duped into buying Umrah tour packages, with losses estimated at 3.7 million baht.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4

Three PT petrol stations bombed in South

Two PT service stations in Pattani province and another in Yala province were set on fire by what appeared to be coordinated bombings on Sunday night. One man was injured.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29

Pattani bomb blast injures five police officers

Five police officers were injured in a bomb attack carried out by suspected insurgents in Mayo district of Pattani province on Friday, just hours after a blast in Yala that wounded six officers.

Bangkok Post · Jun 19

Six border patrol police injured, two seriously, in Yala bomb attack

Six border patrol police officers on teacher protection duty were injured, two of them seriously, when a roadside bomb exploded in Than To district of Yala province on Friday morning.

Bangkok Post · Jun 19

Yala woman found dead at Thai‑Cambodian border after fleeing forced labour

A 28‑year‑old woman from Yala was found dead in a canal along the Thai‑Cambodian border after attempting to escape forced labour in Cambodia on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 17

Bomb blast near Yala school injures police, one civilian

Two police on teacher-protection duty and a civilian were injured when a roadside bomb exploded in Raman district of Yala province on Tuesday morning.

Bangkok Post · Jun 9

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 · Dec 26, 2024