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US to screen social media of foreign students
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - Foreigners seeking to study in the United States will be required to make public their social media profiles to allow screening for anti-American content under new State Department guidelines released Wednesday.
Immigration needs reform
Oped, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2025
» Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's initiative to launch a new department to tackle immigration issues is welcome, if not long overdue.
Are Changes in Thai Tax Law a Wake-Up Call to Rethink Your Visa Status?
Published on 24/10/2024
» You're a busy expat who has been working in Thailand for years. Staying here has been a breeze, thanks to your HR Department ably handling your work permit renewals and visa extensions. While your visa status hasn't changed, Thai tax laws have and your social and economic ties to the Kingdom have deepened. You might also be approaching retirement and wish to remain in Thailand as your long-term home.
Memories remain
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 02/08/2023
» Growing up in Surin, the border region between Thailand and Cambodia, Marisa Srijunpleang developed a keen interest in the histories of both countries. However, she noticed that some historical stories were missing from written records. After talking to family members, she was surprised to discover they were survivors of the 1975 Khmer Rouge genocide, and how they had been directly and indirectly affected by the war.
'Invisible' brides boost economy
Oped, Published on 08/12/2022
» Mail-order brides are those who register themselves in catalogues to be chosen by men for marriage. Since the mail-order bride industry forms an essential part of the informal economy in several underdeveloped and developing Asian economies, data misses the economic participation of Asian mail-order brides, making them "invisible" recruits in the process.
Foreign students say Canada is exploiting them for ‘cheap labour’
Published on 01/11/2022
» Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labour and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.
Philippine vanity
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2022
» Re: "4 runners in presidential race refuse to drop out", (BP, April 19). Due to the poorly structured presidential election process in the Philippines, the winning candidate only needs to obtain more votes than each of the other candidates.
Viral footage of US Marine aiding baby captures Kabul chaos
AFP, Published on 21/08/2021
» WASHINGTON: A heart-breaking video showing a US Marine lifting a baby over a razor wire-topped wall at Kabul's airport caught global attention Friday, amid the chaos of thousands trying to flee Afghanistan newly controlled by the Taliban.
White House says 20,000 Afghan interpreters asking for US asylum
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» WASHINGTON - About 20,000 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the United States during its war in Afghanistan and now fear retribution from Taliban insurgents have applied for evacuation, the White House said Thursday.
Ethiopian Jews' long wait for life in Israel
AFP, Published on 13/04/2021
» GONDAR (ETHIOPIA) - The hillside Jewish cemetery in northern Ethiopia was never supposed to get so big.