A vehicle burned after a bomb attack in Thailand's Yala province, south of Bangkok, on Friday. Surapan Boonthanom/ReutersFrom Wall Street Journal:
PAKA LUE SONG, Thailand — The soldiers patrolling this hamlet racked by insurgent violence measure their progress modestly: two years ago, when villagers saw them coming, they closed their shutters. Now, they say, most residents peer out of their wood-frame houses and offer strained smiles.
“The local people have started to open their hearts,” said Capt. Niran Chaisalih, the leader of a government paramilitary force garrisoned at the village school.
Paka Lue Song, only a 15-minute drive from the provincial capital, Pattani, is a starting point for Thailand’s influx of troops into the country’s troubled southern provinces, where ethnic Malay Muslims are battling for autonomy from Thailand’s Buddhist majority.
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My Comment: This is one of the many religious conflicts in the world that is getting worse. The authorities say that the situation is improving .... but the authorities in Thailand said the same thing last year.
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