Formal peace talks between the Thai government and the Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani (BRN) will resume in June 2026. This comes despite a recent spike in violence in the far South, which the insurgents are using to demand deeper political discussions to address their demands for “self-government”.

The incoming government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is finding out very quickly that conflict resolution for the Deep South is not so straightforward and that his quick-fix approach will not achieve the intended results given the complexity of the Deep South.

The Thai Journalists Association (TJA) has condemned the use of Information Operations (IO) to intimidate a reporter after she asked the Commander of the 4th Army Region during a press conference about the Army’s possible involvement in the assassination attempt on a Deep South MP.

Thai authorities should urgently, thoroughly, and impartially investigate the assassination attempt on Kamonsak Leewamoh, a Muslim member of parliament and prominent human rights lawyer, Human Rights Watch said on 10 April.

Demands have been raised for a prompt investigation into an attack on Kamonsak Leewamoh, a Prachachat MP for Narathiwat, after it was found that the truck used by his attackers belonged to the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC).

Kamonsak Leewamoh, a Prachachat MP for Narathiwat, is reported to be unharmed after attackers opened fire on his vehicle earlier this morning (20 March).

Abdulafir Seng, an activist and volunteer reporter for the Deep South news outlet Wartani, has been sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison on sedition and other charges.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, after chairing a security meeting in Songkhla on 17 February 2026, could not get his head around the fact that each year around Ramadan, separatist militants in the far South would step up their attacks in this historically contested region. His tough stance against Cambodia and his talk of building a wall along the Thailand-Cambodia border won him the 2026 general election. But the far South is different.

When cross-border fighting erupted between Thailand and Cambodia in late July, Many Cambodians returned home due to concerns over anti- Cambodian sentiment, which was sweeping through Thailand. However, this was not the case for Cambodian Muslims living and studying in Thailand's Deep South. With shared culture and faith, they found safety from the rising nationalist sentiment.

Students and activists in the Deep South have been indicted for sedition for a mock referendum on self determination held in June 2023. All the defendants were granted provisional bail.

The Narathiwat Provincial Court has acquitted a human rights defender in a case filed by the Royal Thai Navy in Narathiwat province over her Facebook post demanding a military camp pay its outstanding water bill to a mosque. The case stemmed from a mistaken location mentioned in her post, which she later promptly corrected.

In one of his first moves as newly appointed Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul has named a new chief negotiator for the peace process in Thailand's far South, a region gripped by a conflict that has claimed over 7,700 lives since 2004. The decision has been met with scepticism, however, as Anutin’s government is set to serve only four months before Parliament is dissolved. Since the negotiating team is mandated by the Cabinet, any new government will be free to appoint its own officials.