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Buddhist digital amulets mark Thai entry into crypto art craze
AFP, Published on 09/07/2021
» Karmic fortune has arrived to the digital art market, with a kaleidoscopic splash of colours and the face of a revered Thai monk offering portable Buddhist good luck charms to tech-savvy buyers.
Ang Thong metal workshop transforms scrap into superheroes
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» Towering Transformers, life-sized Marvel superheroes and extraterrestrial lifeforms -- a "House of Steel Robots" in Thailand has made a name for itself by transforming scrap metal into dazzling sculptures inspired by Hollywood blockbusters.
Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» YANGON: A "mafia" of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom's notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say.
Police defend human trafficking crackdown in fishing sector
AFP, Published on 24/01/2018
» The Royal Thai Police rejected criticism of efforts to root out human trafficking in the kingdom's multi-billion dollar seafood industry on Wednesday, following accusations that reforms had failed to check rampant labour abuses.
Baby orangutans rescued in police sting
AFP, Published on 24/12/2016
» Police rescued two baby orangutans in a sting operation in Bangkok after undercover officers arranged to buy the primates over a mobile phone messaging app from wildlife traffickers for nearly US$20,000, officials said on Saturday.
Japan abetting illegal ivory trade, say conservationists
AFP, Published on 09/06/2016
» TOKYO - Conservation activists on Thursday showed undercover video they say suggests that a "huge loophole" in Japanese law enforcement is hindering efforts to rein in illegal ivory trading.
Nestle to fight 'slave labour' in Thailand
AFP, Published on 25/11/2015
» ZURICH - Swiss food giant Nestle vowed Tuesday to stamp out any forced labour used in its supply chain in Thailand, after a probe confirmed workers were toiling in "slave-like" conditions to catch and process fish for Nestle products.
Feathers fly over lucrative cockfighting pits
AFP, Published on 01/11/2015
» The cry of roosters drowns out the roar of engines beneath a Bangkok flyover as all eyes are trained on two sparring birds, a bloody, high stakes battle in a country where cockfighting is big business.
Nestle: No tolerance for 'forced labour' by suppliers
AFP, Published on 29/08/2015
» ZURICH — The Swiss food giant Nestle on Friday rejected allegations that it had knowingly allowed its Fancy Feast cat food to contain fish from a Thai supplier suspected of using slave labour.
Dog skins found dumped in forest
AFP, Published on 26/03/2014
» Hundreds of dog skins have been found dumped in a forest in Sakhon Nakon province in an area notorious for exporting canine meat and skins used for making leather for items such as golf gloves, police said Wednesday.