Politics of Thailand - South Thailand Insurgency, Saprang Kalayanamitr, House of Representatives of Thailand, Government of Thailand, Sarit Thanarat, Election Commission, Duncan McCargo, Privy Council of Thailand, People's Television (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: South Thailand insurgency, Saprang Kalayanamitr, House of Representatives of Thailand, Government of Thailand, Sarit Thanarat, Election Commission, Duncan McCargo, Privy Council of Thailand, People's Television, Prime Minister of Thailand, Finland Plot, Senate of Thailand, Seripisut Temiyavet, President of the National Assembly of Thailand, Muangthai Raisabdah, Cabinet of Thailand, List of Cabinet Ministries of Thailand, EMPOWER, Shadow Cabinet of Thailand, Independent agencies of the Thai government, List of governors of Lop Buri, Leader of the Opposition, Friends of Newin Group, List of governors of Surat Thani, International rankings of Thailand, Thaksinocracy, Suraphol Nitikraipot, Somdet Kiaw, Ruangroj Mahasaranon, Bangkok gubernatorial election, 2004, Nam Yimyaem, Sophon Supapong, Boonsong Chaisingkananont, Chai-Anan Samudavanija, Truth Today, Chris Baker, Sathiraphan Keyanon, Liberalism in Thailand, CIA activities in Thailand, Chief of the Administrative Reform Council, National Legislative Assembly of Thailand, Barisan Revolusi Nasional. Excerpt: An ethnic separatist insurgency is taking place in Southern Thailand, predominantly in the Malay Pattani region, made up of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. Violence has increasingly spilling over into other provinces. Although separatist violence has occurred for decades in the region, the campaign escalated in 2004. In July 2005 the former Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, assumed wide-ranging emergency powers to deal with the insurgency. In September 2006, Army Commander Sonthi Boonyaratkalin, was granted an extraordinary increase in executive powers to combat the unrest. Soon afterwards, on 19 September 2006, Sonthi and a military junta ousted Thaksin in a coup. Despite reconciliatory gestures from the junta, the insurgency continued...