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Help must be city-wide
Oped, Editorial, Published on 31/07/2025
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) in conjunction with the Interior Ministry, recently launched the "Sukhumvit model," an initiative to improve safety, public order and quality of life in the key central business district of the city, covering Watthana and Klong Toey districts.
US migrant raids spark boom for private detention providers
AFP, Published on 27/07/2025
» CALIFORNIA CITY (UNITED STATES) - Donald Trump's promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in US history has appalled some Americans. But others are cashing in on the boom in demand for private detention centers.
Refugees in policy limbo
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/07/2025
» Time is running out. In less than two weeks, over 80,000 refugees on the Thai–Myanmar border will be left without food, health care, or protection. With US aid permanently cut, Thailand can no longer look away. The government must act before this humanitarian crisis spins out of control.
A courageous article
Postbag, Published on 19/07/2025
» Re: "Corrupt monks have lost their way", (Opinion, July 14).
Dozens of illegal border-crossers arrested in Aranyaprathet
Online Reporters, Published on 17/07/2025
» SA KAEO - Soldiers have arrested 38 people for illegally crossing the Thai-Cambodian border in this eastern province, most of them are Cambodian migrants returning to Thailand because they could find no jobs at home.
Las Vegas in Laos: the riverside city awash with crime
AFP, Published on 14/07/2025
» VAN PAK LEN, Laos - Rising from the muddy fields on the Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city which analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime.
Galaxy Eyes Thailand for World-Class Entertainment Complex
Published on 09/07/2025
» What do you picture when you hear the words “entertainment complex,” an idea the Thai government is now actively promoting?
Stop blaming migrant workers
Editorial, Published on 06/07/2025
» The latest border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand, as well as the influx of refugees fleeing unrest in Myanmar, is triggering nationalistic fears that foreigners will take away jobs and social services from locals. Yet we must understand that migrant workers are not our enemy.
Chinese model missing in Thailand rescued, embassy warns of shady job offers
Published on 04/07/2025
» BEIJING - A Chinese national who went missing in Thailand after accepting a photoshoot job has been rescued, according to China's embassy in Bangkok, which cautioned Chinese citizens against simply accepting job offers.
Unpaid Thais flee Cambodia across rooftops into Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 03/07/2025
» Ten Thais who claimed they were being forced to work without pay in Phnom Penh fled across a border rooftop into Thailand on Wednesday morning.