Muslim insurgents detonated more than 20 homemade explosives across Thailand’s south, the army said Monday, in a night of violence undermining junta claims of headway in peace talks with the rebels. Peace talks between Thailand and an umbrella group representing Patani Malay separatist organizations have come to a standstill because the rebel side felt insulted by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha for “jumping the gun” with his announcement of a much-talked-about Safety Zone pilot project, writes Don Pathan for BenarNews. Thailand announced in February that government negotiators and insurgent groups had finally chosen a district to launch a ceasefire in the Deep South, on a day when the latest bombing in the violence-wracked region injured 10 people including three schoolgirls.