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Illegal job seekers caught en route to Malaysia
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 05/07/2023
» SONGKHLA: Twenty illegal Myanmar migrants hoping to get jobs in Malaysia were arrested at a deserted house in Sadao district of this southern border province.
US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam
Published on 25/06/2023
» A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang on Sunday, AFP journalists saw, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese vessels sailing in its waters.
2 dead, 7 missing after Philippine fishing boat sinks
AFP, Published on 23/06/2023
» MANILA: Two Filipino fishermen have died and seven are missing after their vessel sank off the Philippines, the coast guard said on Friday, with an open-sea search continuing.
'We have fish, that's our currency'
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/06/2023
» Just before midnight, David O'Neill navigated his trawler into the harbour in Union Hall, a small port in southwestern Ireland, the wake from the vessel sending tiny waves slapping against the pier.
Dozens of migrants dead, 100 rescued as boat sinks off Greece
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» ATHENS - At least 78 migrants died after their fishing boat sank off the Peloponnese, Greece's coastguard said Wednesday, as fears mounted that the death toll could rise much higher.
17 migrants dead, 100 rescued as ship sinks off Greece
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» ATHENS - Greece's coastguard said 17 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
39 missing from Chinese ship in Indian Ocean
Published on 17/05/2023
» BEIJING: A crew of 39 Chinese, Indonesian and Filipino sailors were missing at sea after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the Indian Ocean, officials said on Wednesday.
Philippines places buoys in parts of S. China Sea to assert sovereignty
Published on 14/05/2023
» MANILA: The Philippines has placed navigational buoys within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to assert sovereignty over the disputed Spratly islands in the South China Sea, a coast guard spokesperson said on Sunday.
Thai army needs to march to a new tune
Oped, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 13/05/2023
» I always get feelings of fear when I hear the army's famous propaganda song, Nak Paendin, which in Thai means "burden of the country". As a child born during the 1970s, this song reminds me of military putsches.
Winds of change buffet Iran's wooden boat building tradition
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» QESHM (IRAN) - Iranian captain Hassan Rostam has braved the Strait of Hormuz aboard his lenj for four decades, but now watches with despair as the wooden ships are being replaced by cheaper, faster boats.