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Tears, anger on 'Joola' sinking anniversary
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/10/2022
» Up on the deck, dozens of university students played cards. In the first-class cabins below, passengers watched the movie Air Force One. In an overcrowded third-class compartment, a teenage football team on its way to a tournament belted out songs.
Navy boat rescues 4 on fishing trip
News, Achadthaya Chuenniran, Published on 06/10/2022
» Phuket: Four Chinese businessmen on a fishing trip have been rescued by the navy after their boat engine broke down off Koh Racha Noi late on Tuesday night.
Beaten and robbed: Vietnamese fisherman recounts China attacks
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» LY SON (VIETNAM): Vietnamese fisherman Nguyen Van Loc has been attacked by Chinese coast guard vessels so many times, he has lost count.
11 immigration police, officials arrested on bribery charges
Gary Boyle, Published on 19/09/2022
» Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged for allegedly taking bribes.
11 govt officials charged over bribery in illegal fishing case
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/09/2022
» SONGKHLA: Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged with taking bribes to enable the release of five foreign fishing trawlers earlier confiscated for illegally fishing in Thai waters.
11 immigration police, officials arrested on bribery charges
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 17/09/2022
» Eleven government officials, including six immigration police, have been arrested and charged for allegedly taking bribes to facilitate the release of five foreign fishing trawlers earlier confiscated for illegally fishing in Thai waters.
Deterring China requires boost in defence capacity
News, Published on 01/09/2022
» Following US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, China fired missiles into six areas surrounding Taiwan and sent fighter jets across the midline of the Taiwan Strait. Some of those missiles landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), threatening fishing boats from the island of Yonaguni, just 110 kilometres from Taiwan.
Greenland treads softly on tourism as icebergs melt
AFP, Published on 19/08/2022
» ILULISSAT (DENMARK) - As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming.
More pirate attacks expected in Singapore Strait
Published on 11/08/2022
» Piracy and sea robberies (PSR) are likely to rise in Southeast Asia in the second half of this year due to economic issues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a recent report by a Singapore government-affiliated think tank.
Plan unveiled to improve TIP ranking
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/08/2022
» The government has announced measures to improve the country's anti-trafficking performance, hoping to boost its status from Tier 2 to Tier 1 in the next US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.