The BRN has a long-standing demand to create an Islamic state by merging the three southern provinces and separating them from the Buddhist-majority country.
PM Anutin Charnvirakul, who visited the site on Monday morning, said a musician performing at the bar during the incident told him, "There was blasting, and everybody tried to flee from the smoke and flames."
Archaeologists in Thailand have discovered two 2,000-year-old gold rings at an Iron Age burial site. One ring features an ancient Indian Brahmi inscription, offering fresh, concrete evidence of early maritime trade and cultural exchange between India and Southeast Asia.
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an immediate ceasefire on December 27 after weeks of border clashes killing 41 and displacing nearly one million. Troops halt movements, civilians return homes; Thailand to release 18 Cambodian soldiers if truce holds 72 hours.
Amid the ongoing escalated tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, a large statue of Lord Vishnu was demolished by Thai authorities in a contested border...