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Why is North Korea courting Russian tourists?
Oped, Published on 13/08/2025
» Hoping to replenish state coffers with much-needed foreign exchange reserves and offset the sharp post-Covid decline in Chinese tour groups, the Hermit Kingdom has set its sights on inquisitive holiday-makers from an ideologically aligned Russia.
‘Asian crisis in reverse’ as currencies soar against dollar
Published on 06/05/2025
» SINGAPORE - A wave of dollar selling in Asia is an ominous sign for the greenback as the world’s export powerhouse starts to question a decades-long trend of investing its big trade surpluses in US assets.
45 foreign workers at Myanmar scam centres sent from Tak to Ethiopia
Online Reporters, Published on 11/03/2025
» Tak authorities handed over 45 foreign nationals involved in Myanmar-based scam centres to Ethiopian officials for repatriation on Tuesday.
More Chinese repatriation flights for scammers arrive
News, Published on 07/03/2025
» More repatriation flights from China have arrived in Tak's Mae Sot district to take home Chinese nationals rescued from call centre scams in Myanmar.
US condemns Thailand's return of 40 Uyghurs to China
Published on 28/02/2025
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday condemned Thailand's return of at least 40 Uyghurs to China, where Washington says members of the Muslim group have faced genocide.
Thailand deports 40 Uyghurs to China
Published on 27/02/2025
» Thailand on Thursday deported 40 Uyghur detainees who had been in the country for nearly 11 years, after receiving assurances from China that they would be looked after, Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said.
‘Contemplated suicide’: Ethiopians recount SE Asia scam centre horrors
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» NAIROBI - Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.
First Chinese scam-centre returnees fly home from Thailand
Published on 20/02/2025
» TAK - The first group of 50 Chinese people returned from Myanmar-based scam centres flew home from Mae Sot on Thursday morning, with another 150 compatriots scheduled to return to China by the end of the day.
China in favour of blackout
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/02/2025
» China has urged the government to maintain its policy of cutting off power, energy and internet across the border in Myanmar to pressure its government and ethnic groups to suppress scam gangs.
Chinese assistant minister may receive Chinese scam victims at border
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 16/02/2025
» TAK: Chinese Assistant Public Security Minister Liu Zhongyi arrived in Mae Sot district on Sunday as observers expected him to escort hundreds of Chinese victims of call scam gangs back to their homeland.