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54 trafficked Cambodians freed from Thai fishing boat
Online Reporters, Published on 02/05/2016
» More than 50 Cambodian victims of human traffickers will soon return home after being liberated from a Thai-operated fishing boat after it was intercepted in Indonesian waters.
Election jitters send Philippine stock investors to sidelines
Published on 02/05/2016
» Philippine stocks fell the most since February on Monday after a poll showed tough-talking Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte maintaining a comfortable lead a week before the presidential election.
Militants threatened to slit our throats: Indonesian hostage
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» JAKARTA - An Indonesian sailor told Monday how Philippine Islamic militants threatened to slit his throat during a terrifying kidnap ordeal, a day after he and nine other crew members were released.
Bali police shoot dead Frenchman resisting arrest
AFP, Published on 02/05/2016
» DENPASAR (INDONESIA) - Police on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali shot dead a French national Monday after he killed a policeman while resisting arrest, an official said.
'Streisand effect' reaches out for NCPO chief
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 03/05/2016
» It's never easy for the media to work when the country is under a military regime. Poor ratings for press freedom given recently by two agencies, the US-based Freedom House and Reporters without Borders (RSF) have attested to this fact.
AoT plans Hat Yai expansion
Business, Boonsong Kositchotethana, Published on 03/05/2016
» The Airports of Thailand Plc (AoT) plans to upgrade Hat Yai airport to address the issues of overcrowding and future traffic growth.
Smooth road ahead for Tasco sales
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 03/05/2016
» SET-listed Tipco Asphalt Plc (Tasco), the country's biggest asphalt maker, is aiming for higher revenue from the sale of 2.6 million tonnes of asphalt this year after acquiring stakes in two subsidiaries of France's Colas Group.
Refugee sets herself alight at Australia's Nauru camp
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» CANBERRA - A refugee who set herself on fire on the Pacific island of Nauru after being sent there by Australia was in a critical condition Tuesday, just days after an Iranian man died in a similar act of self-harm.
A year on, Asia's boat people trapped in desperate limbo
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» BAYEUN, INDONESIA – A year after struggling ashore during Southeast Asia's human-trafficking crisis, Sonamia and hundreds of other desperate Rohingya migrants remain in limbo, forgotten footnotes as record numbers worldwide flee violence and persecution.
Indonesian villagers mistake sex toy for angel
AFP, Published on 03/05/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesian villagers thought they had been blessed by an angel fallen from heaven when a beautiful doll washed up on a beach -- only to discover it was an inflatable sex toy.