Good Article In The Economist

[andrew]

RE: South of Thailand

From The Economist, January 19, 2013 ......

"The gunmen were almost certainly from one of the shadowy Muslim groups, such as the Pattani-Malay National Revolutionary Front Co-ordinate (known by its Malay initials, BRN-C). They have been fighting for the restoration of the ancient sultanate of Pattani, which Thailand (then Siam) annexed in 1909. Though Thailand is predominantly Buddhist, ethnic Malays form a Muslim majority in the south. Since 2004 over 5,000 people have been killed in the four southernmost provinces."

Read more.....

http://www.economist...school-killings

[Eff1n2ret]

"It is also clear that the Thai government of Yingluck Shinawatra, elected in July 2011, is now taking the insurgency seriously as a political problem as well as simply a security issue. A new policy outlined last year explicitly commits the government to dialogue with those who have “different opinions and ideologies from the state”."

A slightly different approach from her brother, perhaps.