Fears have heightend as 15 months of unrest is spreading [1] in Thailand's southern provinces.
The region bordering Malaysia has become a delicate flashpoint as the conflicts involve Muslim secessionist movements revolting against a dominant Buddhist government. (Check Screenshots [2] entries here [3], here [4], here [5] and here [2].)
There is a blog by Sittha Lertphaiboonsiri which provides a vantage point for Thai watchers. It is named Conflict in the South of Thailand and hosted at Bangkok-based ForumAsia. URL:
http://www.forumasia.info/southernthailand [6]
which will be re-routed to:
Sittha is attached to the Thammasat University [8]. He is conversant in Bahasa Indonesia – complete with the accent – and has adopted an Indonesian name for himself. He is Chinese, Catholic and Thai.
A good candidate for bridge-blogging [9].