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After acquitting five Muslim men of murder, Thai judge Kanakorn Pianchana gives a speech complaining of corrupt pressure upon the judiciary, including in this case, to convict without sufficient evidence. He then shoots himself in the chest in court in Yala, but survives. Criticism from judges of the Thai legal system is rare, but rights groups claim Muslims often face trumped-up charges in the region, which is Muslim-majority and suffers from insurgency.
2019-10-5

A motorcycle bomb kills at least three people and wounds 22 others at a market in Thailand's southern Yala Province.
2018-01-22

Joint bomb and gun attacks kill at least two in Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla Provinces of Thailand, the latest in a long string of such attacks.
2017-04-19

A wave of small-scale terrorist attacks, including tire burning and the bombing of the electric grid, hits the Thai provinces of Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, and Songkhla in response to the new Constitution of Thailand.
2017-04-7

Another suspect in the bombing is arrested in Narathiwat Province in southern Thailand and flown to Bangkok.
2015-09-3

Two Thai Army soldiers are killed in an ambush in Thailand's Narathiwat Province.
2015-07-16

Emergency rule in the southern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narithiwat is extended for another three months.
2014-06-17

A roadside bombing in Thailand's southern Yala Province kills 5 soldiers and injures three others.
2013-02-10

One RKK (Runda Kumpulan Kecil) separatist group member and a Thai policeman are killed in a firefight in the village of Ruso in Thailand's Narathiwat Province.
2012-04-22

At least eight people are killed after three explosions in Thailand's Yala Province.
2012-03-31