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Waitress rescued from 'torture, enslavement'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/10/2023
» A 21-year-old woman has been rescued from a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok's Phasi Charoen district after allegedly being treated like a slave by the owner who the woman claims abused and tortured her for a year.
Keep coastal waters safe
Oped, Editorial, Published on 23/06/2023
» A fleet of commercial anchovy fishing boats blocked the Pak Bara waterway in Satun province last week to pressure the government to change the rules and grant them permission to fish in the coastal waters.
Trafficking battle yet to be won
News, Editorial, Published on 30/04/2023
» When Thailand's ranking in anti-human trafficking efforts improved last year in the US annual assessment, the government boldly declared that Thailand would make the top ranking by 2023.
UK Labour suspends prominent MP over racism letter
AFP, Published on 23/04/2023
» LONDON - The UK's main opposition Labour party suspended prominent member Diane Abbott as an MP on Sunday, pending an investigation into comments she made that Jewish people were not subject to racism "all their lives".
UK retailer Boohoo denies 'slave' labour claims
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» LONDON - British online fashion retailer Boohoo on Wednesday denied allegations that staff in a UK warehouse worked in harrowing and health-threatening conditions and regarded themselves as "slaves".
Uyghur group challenges Britain over 'slave labour' cotton
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2022
» LONDON: A Uyghur rights group told a London court on Tuesday that the British government has unlawfully failed to investigate the importation of cotton produced with "slave labour" in the Chinese province of Xinjiang.
How can web3 technology help protect privacy?
Oped, Published on 14/09/2022
» The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control last month sanctioned a technology called Tornado Cash, on the grounds that it "has been used to launder more than $7 billion (over 253 billion baht) worth of virtual currency since its creation in 2019". Such enforcement measures are nothing new. But what makes this case unique is that Tornado Cash is a piece of open-source software.
Tenure nonsense
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/09/2022
» Re: "Prayut's PM tenure 'ends 2025'," (BP, Sept 7).
Siam Society hosts closer look of Rattanakosin architecture
Life, Published on 29/08/2022
» Siam Society is holding a one-day trip to witness the beauty, delicacy and legacies of the Rattanakosin kingdom at four of magnificent architectures in Bangkok on Sept 10.
Trafficking in tiers and fears
News, Editorial, Published on 07/08/2022
» The government sighed with relief when the country's anti-trafficking performance moved up from the Tier 2 Watchlist to Tier 2 in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released on July 19.