The Many Facets of the "Killing Fields of Thailand’s Deep South"
by Danny Fisher
“KILLING: A man, still holding his weapon, lies on the ground after being shot dead in a jungle in Yala.” Image via the Bangkok Post.
Our friend and past interviewee Erick D. White forwards us an opinion piece in the Bangkok Post about the violence in Thailand’s deep south. The author, Marc Askew, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity at Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, argues that “the violence currently afflicting the border provinces is multi-faceted and not solely a product of insurgents’ goals to achieve a separate state.” Take a look.
