Over 270 people died in more than 1,900 traffic accidents in Thailand during the Songkran festival, Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reported on Monday, citing the country's ministry of interior

Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has dismissed the demand of Muslim ethnic separatists from the Barisan Revolusi Nasional movement that members of their organization allegedly linked to the ongoing insurgency in Thailand's south be released as a precondition for negotiations, Singaporean media reported Monday

Four security officers were killed and two more were injured as a result of an attack by suspected Islamist insurgents on a security checkpoint in southern Thailand, local media reported, citing sources

Seven improvised explosive devices (IED) exploded on Saturday and Sunday in the provinces of Satun and Phatthalung in southern Thailand, and another seven IEDs were discovered and defused by the security forces, local media reported