Storm Vipa has triggered heavy rainfall across 19 Thai provinces, raising concerns over flash floods, runoff, and hazardous sea conditions.

The Meteorological Department on Sunday issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rain in four provinces — Chanthaburi, Trat, Ranong and Phangnga — over the coming days due to intensified monsoon ...

- Violence quietened down in the 1990s, when the army managed to control the region's various competing forces, which include religion, corruption, organised crime and rival political factions.