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188,000 evacuees urged to stay in shelters
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/07/2025
» The Interior Ministry has reported there are now 188,000 evacuees across seven Thai-Cambodian border provinces, as authorities urged residents to stay in shelters pending official safety clearance.
Govt warns against online hatred
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/07/2025
» The government has issued a strong warning to local youths and social media influencers against inciting or engaging in violence towards Cambodian nationals in Thailand.
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.
Ecuador deports more than 800 Colombian inmates as Bogota cries foul
AFP, Published on 27/07/2025
» BOGOTá - Ecuadoran authorities said Saturday they had deported more than 800 Colombian prisoners via a land border crossing, after Bogota protested that the move came without prior agreement.
Pakistan building collapse kills at least 7
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» KARACHI - A five-storey building collapsed in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least seven people and injuring eight, officials said, with rescuers searching through the rubble for trapped victims.
Last BTS member finishes Korean military service
Published on 21/06/2025
» SEOUL - BTS member Suga was discharged from the South Korean military on Saturday, the seventh and final member of the K-pop supergroup to complete the country’s mandatory national service amid expectations of a comeback from a three-year hiatus.
Overcrowding hits BTS station following surprise concert by Fujii Kaze
Online Reporters, Published on 16/06/2025
» Japanese singer Fujii Kaze surprised fans in Bangkok with a free concert at Parc Paragon’s M floor near Siam BTS Skytrain station on Friday. A large crowd gathered to watch the performance, filling the mall’s upper floors and spilling into the BTS station.
Government defends cost of new transport ministry HQ
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 30/05/2025
» The government has pushed back against criticism from the opposition People’s Party of the 3.8-billion-baht budget for a new 22-storey Ministry of Transport headquarters, calling the project a necessary long-term investment to address serious infrastructure and operational shortcomings.
Record South Korean early voting in poll triggered by martial law
AFP, Published on 30/05/2025
» SEOUL - South Koreans lined up in record numbers to pick their president on Friday, joining lengthy queues to vote early in a poll triggered by the ex-leader's disastrous martial law declaration.
Short of prison space, UK looks to US model of time off for good conduct
New York Times, Published on 23/05/2025
» LONDON — In February, Britain’s justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, travelled to Texas. As a lawmaker from the centre-left Labour Party, her trip to the Republican state was somewhat off-brand, but she was on a serious mission: to try to find solutions to Britain’s chronic prison overcrowding crisis.