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Thailand prepares to show Asean leadership
News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 02/01/2018
» As Thailand climbs back onto the world stage its foreign policy is likely to take on a more prominent role this year, when the kingdom celebrates 200 years of ties with the United States and Bangkok prepares to take over the chair of Asean in 2019.
Concurrent boat, fishing licences to ease owner woes
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 20/01/2018
» Fishing boat-owners will now be able to renew or apply for their boat and fishing licences at the same time, after the Marine Department and the Fisheries Department announced Friday the two licences will expire at the same time starting from this year.
Industry gets new trawler rules boost
News, Post Reporters, Published on 23/01/2018
» The government has promised fishing operators new measures to sustain their businesses including allowing them to take over unused trawlers that have been properly registered or sell off their unregistered fishing boats.
Chatchai plays down slavery report
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/01/2018
» Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya has downplayed Human Rights Watch's (HRW) criticism of forced labour on Thai vessels in a report presented to the European Parliament, saying the focus should be on Thai efforts to clamp down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Govt defends damning rights report
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2018
» The Foreign Ministry has defended the government's efforts in tackling human trafficking following fresh criticism reported by Human Rights Watch (HRW), saying the advocate group's report contains many outdated references.
Five previously unreported Myanmar mass graves confirmed
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir could only recognise his friends by the colours of their shorts.
Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's lakeside villa
AFP, Published on 01/02/2018
» YANGON: A man threw a petrol bomb at the lakeside Yangon compound of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, officials said, a rare attack on a national figurehead who enjoys strong domestic support but has drawn global outcry over her reticence to speak up for the Rohingya.
'Systematic slaughter': Rohingya mass graves confirmed
Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognised his friends only by the colours of their shorts.
UN: N.Korea earned $200m from banned exports
Reuters, Published on 03/02/2018
» UNITED NATIONS: North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent UN monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.
UN: Rohingya crisis could endanger regional security
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» JAKARTA: The UN's human rights chief has warned that Myanmar's persecution of the Rohingya Muslim minority has the potential to spark regional conflict.