Showing 31 - 40 of 132
British activist braces for Thai libel trial
AFP, Published on 01/09/2014
» BANGKOK - A British activist will go on trial in Thailand Tuesday for defamation, facing a possible jail term after his investigation into alleged labour abuses in the kingdom's food industry.
Thailand totters towards waste crisis
AFP, Published on 01/09/2014
» A blaze at a vast rubbish dump home to six million tonnes of putrefying trash and toxic effluent has kindled fears that poor planning and lax law enforcement are tipping Thailand towards a waste crisis.
Police: DNA matches 15 surrogate babies
AFP, Published on 20/08/2014
» A DNA test of the sample sent by a Japanese man embroiled in a surrogacy scandal in Thailand matches the 15 babies reportedly sired by him, police said Wednesday.
Australian couple 'want Gammy back'
AFP, Published on 11/08/2014
» PERTH - The Australian couple at the centre of the surrogate scandal Sunday denied they deliberately abandoned their baby son because he had Down's syndrome and said they would fight to get him back.
Australians debate Gammy case
AFP, Published on 03/08/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia's Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday a question of "moral responsibility" should determine the fate of a baby born with Down Syndrome, reportedly abandoned by an Australian couple with its surrogate mother in Thailand.
Bad stats hurting tiger-saving effort
AFP, Published on 30/07/2014
» Efforts to save the tiger are being undermined by a lack of information about how many of the endangered cats live in the wild, the conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.
Ex-Nepal prince in Bangkok drug bust
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» Former Nepalese crown prince Paras Shah has been arrested on drugs charges in Thailand for a second time and could face up to five years in prison, police said Wednesday.
5,064 World Cup betting busts
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» Police said Tuesday they had arrested 5,064 people for illegal gambling during the World Cup, a sharp increase from four years ago.
BBC starts online Thai news service
AFP, Published on 10/07/2014
» The BBC said Wednesday it will launch a new social media service in Thailand to offer people another source of information at a time when the junta has imposed widespread censorship over domestic media.
Behind bars: Thai women pay high price for drugs
AFP, Published on 24/06/2014
» Lured by easy money, an escape from poverty or family pressure, thousands of women are locked up for drug offences in Thailand, which has one of the world's highest rates of female imprisonment.