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Children Caught in Crossfire: Case of the Deep South Thailand

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For years, the Deep South Thailand has witnessed the daily occurrence of violence against both military and civilian targets. This chapter has four sections. The first two sections review the tensions between Thais and Malay Muslims, and stress the new features of the new generation of insurgents, who were mainly staffed by Malay Muslims. The third section analyzes the militarization of the Deep South Thailand, which is characterized by emergency decree, re-emergence of paramilitary organizations, and militarized monasteries. The final section explores the extent to which children have been directly or indirectly affected by armed conflict between Thais and Malay Muslims in the Deep South Thailand.

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Chen, K. (2021). Children Caught in Crossfire: Case of the Deep South Thailand. In: Children Affected by Armed Conflict in the Borderlands of Thailand. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1734-8_5

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