Thai peace talks to open in two weeks: Malaysia PM

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (R) shakes hands with Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) during a welcoming ceremony at the prime minister's office in Malaysia's administrative capital Putrajaya on February 28, 2013. Thailand and a re

Thailand and a rebel group will open talks in two weeks' time to try to end a bloody insurgency in the country's Muslim south, Malaysian premier Najib Razak said on Thursday.

Najib made the comment after talks with visiting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The nine-year revolt by several shadowy groups has claimed more than 5,500 lives.