In this photo taken on May 7, 2021, bullet holes pock a house in Krong Pinang, a village in southern Thailand’s Yala province, where two insurgents spent the last hours of their lives before being killed during a standoff with government forces three days earlier.

Video of Insurgents’ Final Hours Strikes Chord in Thai Deep South

2021-05-14

Men are seen talking to relatives hours before security forces shot them.

Soldiers hold positions next to an Indonesian Air Force F-16 during the Jalak Sakti military exercise at the Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Force Base in Blang Bintang in Indonesia’s Aceh province, Sept. 8, 2020.

Money-Saving Approach to Modernizing Arsenals Could Cost SE Asian Nations

2021-05-12

From 2016 to 2020, seven ASEAN states were among the top 40 importers of military weapons and hardware.

Cartoon by Thai Cartoonist Kuad for BenarNews.

In Thailand, Time Doesn't Wait

2021-05-07

Cartoon by Thai illustrator Kuad for BenarNews.

Thai forensic experts examine the site where suspected separatist insurgents killed village defense volunteers in Yala province, southern Thailand, Nov. 6, 2019.

Deep South Peace Talks Could Resume in May

BRN rebels are interested in learning more about “non-military means” to advance their cause, security analyst Don Pathan says.

China’s fishing fleet ranges throughout the world’s oceans. Here, a Chinese fishing ship is placed under escort after being caught by an Argentine warship within Argentina’s exclusive economic zone.

Chinese Overfishing in South Pacific Devastates Some Islands’ Livelihoods

A tuna cannery on American Samoa temporarily suspended operations because of a lack of fish.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a short course for chief secretaries of city and county party committees, in Pyongyang, in a photo taken on March 4, 2021 and released the next day by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency.

Petulant Pyongyang Ticks off Putrajaya

Malaysia’s decision to extradite a North Korean national to the United States to face criminal charges angers the Hermit Kingdom.

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The Geography of Armed Groups in the Southern Philippines

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