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Rising Shipping Costs Prompt Businesses to Get Creative
Business, Published on 26/10/2022
» Rising shipping costs are primed to squeeze profits for businesses of all sizes this holiday season.
Russian flagship 'seriously damaged' as Moscow threatens to strike Kyiv
AFP, Published on 14/04/2022
» ODESSA, Ukraine: Russia's Black Sea flagship leading the naval assault on Ukraine has been "seriously damaged" by an explosion, state media reported Thursday, as Moscow threatened to strike Kyiv's command centres.
Covid, pandemic and lockdown: how 2020 changed the world
AFP, Published on 27/12/2020
» PARIS: When the world celebrated the dawn of a new decade with a blaze of firework parties and revelry on Jan 1, few could have imagined what 2020 had in store.
Indonesia gets first batch of vaccine from China’s Sinovac
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/12/2020
» The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine ordered from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd arrived in Indonesia, marking a new phase in the country’s fight against Southeast Asia’s worst outbreak.
China Wants to Screen You for Coronavirus -- and Your Frozen Fish
Business, Published on 17/10/2020
» Many countries around the world are screening people at their borders for the coronavirus. China is also inspecting incoming frozen fish.
Indonesia court upholds seizure of Thai fishing boat
Published on 28/10/2017
» JAKARTA: Indonesia says it has won a two-year court battle that confirms the legality of the government's seizure of a Thai vessel linked to human trafficking and illegal fishing in Indonesian waters.
Death stalks the decks
News, Published on 18/01/2016
» Myanmar worker Min-Min (not his real name) found himself on a Thai fishing boat off Indonesia in 2004. Forced to work at sea for years against his will, he said deaths were common and ill-health routine.
Shrimp peeled by slaves in Thailand
Published on 14/12/2015
» SAMUT SAKHON - Every morning at 2 o'clock, they heard a kick on the door and a threat: Get up or get beaten. For the next 16 hours, No.31 and his wife stood with their aching hands in ice water in the factory that owned them. They ripped the guts, heads, tails and shells off shrimp bound for overseas markets, including grocery stores and all-you-can-eat buffets across the United States, Europe and Asia.
Thai captain of alleged slave-fish boat arrested
Associated Press, Published on 26/09/2015
» SABANG, INDONESIA — The Thai captain of a seized cargo ship carrying an estimated $2 million worth of seafood has been arrested in Indonesia on suspicion of illegal fishing, in the latest development linked to an Associated Press investigation that uncovered a slave island earlier this year.
More than 2,000 fishermen rescued
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2015
» More than 2,000 fishermen have been rescued this year from brutal conditions at sea, their freedom prompted by an Associated Press investigation into seafood brought to the US from a slave island in eastern Indonesia.