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Activists acquitted of libel, decry 'judicial harassment'
AFP, Published on 29/08/2023
» Three Thai human rights activists were acquitted of criminal defamation on Tuesday, but lamented what they called a hollow victory over the country's restrictive libel laws.
Thailand's China-built high-speed rail on track but delayed
AFP, Published on 12/04/2023
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: One of Thailand's oldest railway stations is facing demolition as the kingdom presses ahead with a long-delayed Chinese-backed high-speed line that has caused unease about lost heritage and closer ties to Beijing.
The 97km that frustrate China's mastery of the Mekong
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» CHIANG KHONG: Ninety-seven kilometres of rocks in Thai waters stand between Beijing and dominance over the Mekong, a mighty river that feeds millions as it threads south from the Tibetan plateau through five countries before emptying into the South China Sea.
Drones, boats and megabaht: Laos route spews meth into Thailand
AFP, Published on 11/06/2019
» NAKHON PHANOM: As dusk falls along the Mekong River, a nightly dance begins between Thai border security and Laos drug gangs now using drones, scouts and a pool of poor fishermen to shift record amounts of meth into Thailand.
Southeast Asian kids targeted by online paedophiles
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» Southeast Asia is in the grip of a fresh surge of paedophile activity with predators orchestrating and watching abuse on live-streaming sites and via webcams, and paying for it with near-untraceable cryptocurrency, victims and children's charities warn.
Case against wildlife trafficking 'kingpin' dismissed
AFP, Published on 30/01/2019
» A suspected wildlife trafficking kingpin accused of smuggling $1 million worth of rhino horns to Thailand has had the case against him dismissed, in a surprise court verdict slammed by conservationists.
18 million meth pills seized in Chiang Rai
AFP, Published on 17/12/2018
» Authorities seized more than 18 million meth pills in the drug-riddled "Golden Triangle", a senior military official said Monday, following deadly anti-trafficking operations in the border region.
Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand
AFP, Published on 04/10/2018
» YANGON: A "mafia" of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom's notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say.
Emergency meet in Bangkok to head off swine fever spread
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» An emergency meeting to head off an outbreak of African swine fever across Asia opened in Bangkok on Wednesday, after a mass pig cull in China sparked fears of a potential pandemic.
Korean firm saw risk of dam collapse 24 hours before
News, AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» SEOUL: SK Engineering & Construction, the South Korean partner in a Laos hydropower dam, said Wednesday it discovered the upper part of the structure had washed away 24 hours before it collapsed, engulfing seven of 12 villages downstream.