YALA, Thailand – On Thursday morning, May 15, 2025, the Amirul Mu’mineen Foundation, in collaboration with CP Axtra, the Wannee Jiaravanon Ross Foundation, and other partners, distributed school uniforms, bags, and shoes to over 100 orphaned children in Thailand’s three southern border provinces. The event, part of the 2025 Annual School Uniform Donation Program, took […]

Over 100 Orphans in Southern Thailand Receive School Uniforms in Heartwarming Initiative
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Krabi, Thailand – A foreign tourist is facing penalties after a viral video captured them feeding potato chips to wild monkeys at Monkey Bay on Phi Phi Island, a popular destination in Thailand’s Krabi province. The act, which violates strict marine park regulations, has led to widespread outrage online and renewed calls for stronger measures […]

Western Tourist Faces Fine for Illegally Feeding Monkeys on Phi Phi Island
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Yala, April 28th, 2025 — A deadly roadside bomb attack targeted Border Patrol Police (BPP) officers from Ban Sri Thanam Base in Thanto District in Yala Province. The attackers, whose identities and numbers remain unknown, detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) hidden beneath the road as officers were returning from a health check-up. Initial reports […]

Security Forces Hunt Suspects After Twin Attacks in Yala Kill Three Law Enforcement Officers
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Hat Yai, at 5:00 PM on April 9th, 2025 — Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division arrested a Malaysian man, Yee Boon Long, for an armed gold shop robbery in downtown Hat Yai, Songkhla Province.  The suspect was arrested under a Songkhla Provincial Court warrant on charges of armed robbery, illegal possession of a firearm, and carrying […]

Update: Malaysian Man Arrested for Armed Gold Heist in Hat Yai
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Hat Yai, at 11:55 AM on April 8th, 2025 — Hat Yai police were alerted to an armed robbery at a gold shop in Songkhla’s Hat Yai district, where a man stole 184 baht-weight of gold—worth over 9 million baht. Update: The suspect has been arrested, article here. The suspect, a man in his 50s […]

Gold Heist in Hat Yai: Police Hunt Malaysian Robber Who Escaped with Over 9 Million Baht
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Songkhla, March 24th, 2025 — Songkhla immigration authorities arrested a 29-year-old Ugandan man named Kasim for allegedly smuggling 16.5 kilograms of cocaine worth approximately 30 million baht from Malaysia. The arrest followed a tip-off and surveillance of the suspect, who was staying at a hotel in Hat Yai. Officers noticed his suspicious behavior as he […]

Ugandan Man Caught Smuggling 16.5 Kilograms of Cocaine Worth 30 Million Baht in Hat Yai
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Pattani-On Monday, March 17, 2025, a car bomb detonated in Ban Cho Kapho Moo 2 village, situated in Pattani’s Kapho district in southern Thailand. The explosion injured a female member of the Volunteer Defence Corps, identified as Suyanee Seeba. She was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident, which occurred around 10 a.m. […]

Car Bomb Attack in Pattani Injures Female Volunteer Defence Corps Member
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Pattani, Thailand – March 16, 2025 – A roadside bombing rocked Thailand’s insurgency-plagued southern province of Pattani yesterday, injuring eight paramilitary rangers and one civilian in a violent attack. The incident occurred around 11:20 AM on March 15 in Muang district, when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated as an armor-plated pickup truck carrying the […]

Roadside Bombing in Thailands Deep South Injures Eight Rangers and Civilian
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Surat Thani, Thailand – March 13, 2025- Authorities at Samui International Airport apprehended four British nationals and one Malaysian in connection with an attempt to smuggle 144 kilograms of cannabis buds out of Thailand. The high-profile arrests took place during routine luggage inspections as the suspects prepared to board a flight to Singapore. The cannabis, […]

Five People Arrested at Samui Airport for Attempted Cannabis Smuggling
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Yala- On the night of March 9, 2025, escalating tensions gripped Thailand’s southern province of Yala when unidentified assailants carried out a deadly ambush in the Krong Pinang district. At approximately 2:00 AM, a member of the Volunteer Defense Corps (known locally as “Or Sor” or อส.), identified as Mr. Sa-udi Maha, was fatally shot […]

Violence Erupts in Yala: Volunteer Killed in Ambush, Suspicious Objects Spark Fear
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