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British man convicted of infamous 'body in suitcase' murder
AFP, Published on 31/05/2022
» A court in Kanchanaburi on Tuesday convicted a British man of the 2014 murder of a woman whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase dumped in a river.
Scared but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street
AFP, Published on 05/04/2020
» A shutdown to contain the coronavirus has killed Thailand's party scene and forced sex workers like Pim out of bars and onto desolate streets. She's scared but desperately needs customers to pay her rent.
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.
Gambia apologises to Thailand for sex tourism slur
AFP, Published on 07/03/2018
» BANJUL: The Gambia apologised to Thailand on Tuesday after its foreign minister said the Asian country was a haven for sex tourists, sparking a strongly worded protest from Bangkok.
Penis-whitening fad worries surgeons
AFP, Published on 03/02/2018
» PARIS: Plastic surgeons raised red flags this week about a penis whitening fad in skin colour-fixated Thailand, dismissing the procedure as a phallic "fashion" with uncertain benefits and many risks.
US charges 17 in sex trafficking ring
AFP, Published on 05/10/2016
» CHICAGO - US authorities said Wednesday they had shut down a sex trafficking ring and charged 17 people in a case stretching from Thailand to various major US cities.
Leicester players warned against Bangkok orgies
AFP, Published on 07/05/2016
» LONDON - Leicester vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has urged the Premier League champions to behave as he plans a Thailand return.
Baby Gammy's sister to remain in Australia
AFP, Published on 14/04/2016
» SYDNEY -- The father of a Down Syndrome baby at the centre of a surrogacy scandal did not abandon him in Thailand and can keep his twin sister despite being a convicted paedophile, a court ruled Thursday.
Boxing orangutans aside, Thais warm to animal rights
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» Boxing gloves raised, two orangutans enter a ring at a Bangkok zoo, a spectacle that fascinates locals and foreigners alike but sits increasingly at odds in a nation slowly embracing animal welfare.
Gay couple again vow not to leave without surrogate baby
AFP, Published on 27/07/2015
» BANGKOK - A foreign same-sex couple Monday vowed not to leave Thailand without their daughter after a local surrogate mother rescinded permission for them to take the baby she gave birth to.