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Around 2,500 Karen refugees cross the Myanmar–Thailand border into Thailand.
2021-12-17

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

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

A series of coordinated bombings across Thailand, mostly at sites popular with tourists, leaves at least four people dead and dozens wounded. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
2016-08-12

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

Four people are killed when a small bridge collapses near Thailand's ancient capital of Ayutthaya.
2013-04-28

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

In Thailand, more than 200 people are killed by floods during a severe monsoon season, with 58 of the country's 77 provinces affected.
2011-10-5

Eight soldiers are killed during two roadside bombs in Narathiwat and Yala in Thailand.
2010-07-2