PUBLISHED: 4 May 2025 at 12: 44
According to a Nida surveys, the majority of people in Thailand’s southern provinces believe that the safety situation has been as bad as it has ever been or has gotten worse and that the government hasn’t given much thought to resolving the region’s unrest.
The study, titled” Two years of solving the issue in the southern border counties,” was carried out between April 28 and April 30. 1, 100 people from the conflict-affected regions of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala gathered opinions for the survey. Respondents had a range of education, employment, and revenue backgrounds.  ,
33.45 % of respondents said the security situation in the deep south is still in its worst form in the last 20 years. In contrast, 20.3 % of people believed things had stayed consistently positive while 18 % of people thought the situation had significantly improved. In contrast, 14.64 percent of respondents reported that the situation had slightly gotten worse, 10 % reported that it had significantly gotten worse, and 3 % reported that things had significantly improved.  ,
A significant majority of respondents, or 42.36 %, thought the government didn’t give much thought to the far South’s unrest, with 31.82 % saying the issue was completely ignored. Only 5.91 % believed it to be a top priority, while 18.82 % thought the government exhibited moderate concern.
Regarding regional development, 42.18 % reported that things had improved only marginally over the previous 20 years. However, only 5.82 % said the area had improved significantly, compared to 37.45 % who thought there had been minimal development, and 14.45 % who thought there had not been any.  ,
The responses to the question of how state authorities and local populations interact were as follows:
33.55 % reported that communication had remained consistently positive.
30.64 % slightly improved
19.91 % remained strained
7.09 % slightly deteriorated
3 % worsened noticeably  ,  , and
5.64 % improved significantly  ,  ,
0.17 % did not answer