[BenarNews] The warring sides in Thailand’s Deep South conflict agreed to a 40-day pause in violence to cover Ramadan and, in a first, unarmed rebels will be allowed to visit their families during the holy month, officials said after the latest peace talks hosted by Malaysia wrapped up Friday.Malaysia facilitated the two days of peace talks between the Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) separatist snuffies
...trained in Bandung, Indonesia and retreating to safe havens in Malaysia, they’ve been causing trouble — mostly kabooms — for two decades as they work to make southern Thailand ungovernable...
and the Thai government — the second round of negotiations this year — at a hotel near Kuala Lumpur.