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Cambodia slams Thailand over post-coup worker exodus
AFP, Published on 18/06/2014
» Cambodia has accused Thailand's new military rulers of fomenting an exodus of migrant workers which it claimed had caused at least eight deaths and economic hardship for both countries.
Fishermen rally against mud dump
Supapong Chaolan, Published on 17/06/2014
» SURAT THANI - About 1,000 coastal fishermen and local officials held the first significant protest since the May 22 coup on Tuesday, to demand that a ferry firm based in Don Sak district immediately halt dumping mud into the sea.
Thailand, Cambodia to quash 'rumours' after worker exodus
Published on 17/06/2014
» Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Tuesday to quash "rumours" of a crackdown on illegal migrant workers by the junta following the exodus of nearly 180,000 Cambodian labourers.
Cambodia labour talks set Tuesday
Online Reporters, Published on 16/06/2014
» The Foreign Ministry will summon Cambodian ambassador to Thailand Eat Sophea on Tuesday to assure her the junta has no order to deport Khmer workers, and to clarify the country’s policy on migrant labour.
Karen struggle for natural self-reliance
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/06/2014
» Having been forced out of his home to resettle at Bangkloylang village two years ago, Joa Kher still feels vulnerable in his new home, unable to live the self-sufficient life he used to know.
38 Cambodians nabbed in Hua Hin
Chaiwat Satyaem, Published on 15/06/2014
» Thirty-eight undocumented Cambodian workers were rounded up at Hua Hin train station on Sunday evening as they were waiting for a free train service to flee the country.
Chaos at Thai-Cambodian border
Published on 15/06/2014
» PHNOM PENH - Rights workers on Cambodia's border with Thailand described the situation there as chaotic Sunday after tens of thousands of Cambodian migrants were said to have fled Thailand in the past week.
Junta halts govt water schemes
News, Published on 09/06/2014
» All water management-related projects will be suspended to allow for the schemes to be revised, under an urgent National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) directive.
Junta suspends B350bn water plan
Online Reporters, Published on 08/06/2014
» The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) issued an urgent order on Friday for all agencies involved in flood solutions to suspend water management-related projects to allow for a revision of all schemes.
Chinese tourist 'beggar' arrested
Saichol Ochkajon, Published on 05/06/2014
» RATCHABURI - A Chinese citizen here on a tourist visa was arrested on Thursday while begging for money in offices at the provincial hall.