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Two Indonesian trawlers seized off Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 20/05/2025
» PHUKET - Two Indonesian fishing trawlers were seized and the 18 crew members arrested off this island province for illegally fishing in Thai waters on Tuesday morning.
Padipat reveals Fair Party move
Post Reporters, Published on 10/10/2023
» politics: Padipat Santipada, the expelled Move Forward Party (MFP) MP, has announced he is moving to the Fair Party, in what critics have branded as a tactic to retain his deputy House speaker post.
Indonesian trawlers seized, 40 crew arrested
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 09/10/2023
» Three Indonesian fishing boats were seized and the 40 crewmen arrested after they were caught fishing in Thai territorial waters west of Phuket on Sunday.
Two Indonesian trawlers seized off Phuket
Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 26/08/2023
» PHUKET: Two Indonesian fishing trawlers have been seized and 29 crew members arrested for fishing illegally in Thai waters off Muang district of this southern resort island.
China's Fishing Fleet Drives Beijing's Global Ambitions
Business, Published on 23/04/2021
» In Beijing's push to become a maritime superpower, China's fishing fleet has grown to become the world's largest by far -- and it has turned more aggressive, provoking tensions around the globe.
Two Indonesian trawlers caught off Phangnga
Published on 25/01/2020
» PHANGNGA: Two Indonesian trawlers have been seized and 33 crewmen and two skippers arrested for illegally fishing in Thai waters off this southern province.
Humble 'pla tu' caught up in nets of destruction
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 19/12/2019
» I am a big fan of pla thu, or mackerel, one of the signature food ingredients of Thai cuisine. Eaten with decent nam prik -- shrimp paste chilli-based dip -- I would not trade this for any swanky dishes.
Staying afloat on a sea of despair
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/12/2019
» Chakra (Sarm Heng) is a Cambodian peasant boy who wants to escape a rural existence that offers him no future. "How's Thailand?" he asks a friend who returns from working at a construction site in Bangkok. "If you work hard, there's no problem," his friend assures him. Through trafficking agents, Chakra is smuggled across the border, but instead of being sent to a factory or a construction site, the boy is thrown onto a fishing trawler and forced to work without pay in conditions resembling a floating prison.
Humanity wins day after tsunami ruin
News, Nauvarat Suksamran, Published on 03/11/2018
» The catastrophic Dec 26 tsunami 14 years was a turning point in the lives of many, including Maitree Jongkraijug, who has been on a journey of self-discovery ever since.
Trawlers threaten Oct 8 strike
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/08/2018
» A group of local fishermen has launched a campaign to protest against the government's plan to spend several billion baht buying back 1,300 commercial trawlers in a bid to reduce over-fishing.