Blood on the Border: Thailand's Unrelenting Insurgency The latest bombing in southern Thailand has left five soldiers dead and six civilians wounded, serving as a grim reminder that the country's decades long separatist insurgency refuses to die down.
The attack itself is tragic enough, but it's the context – and the international community's muted response – that's truly alarming.
Narathiwat province, where the checkpoint was targeted, has been a hotbed of violence since 2004.