Southern Thailand’s Phantom Insurgency: From ‘Hit And Run’ To ‘Hit And Hide’ – Analysis

Life in Thailand’s southernmost border provinces, Narathiwat, Yala, and Patani has taken on a sense of normality over the last 12 months that belies a media-preoccupied insurgency that has largely disappeared. 

There is an atmosphere of indifference to the presence of the Thai military and paramilitary forces and daily...