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Secret North Korean workers in China
Associated Press, Published on 05/10/2017
» HUNCHUN, China: The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in stores and homes in the US and other countries.
The Thai-born refugee the US cannot deport
Associated Press, Published on 29/05/2017
» BOSTON - Lawyers in the US state of Massachusetts are seeking the release of a man they say is being unlawfully detained by federal immigration officials while they try to find a country to deport him to.
Ransomware: Once lucky, more on the way
Associated Press, Published on 15/05/2017
» LONDON - As terrifying as the unprecedented global "ransomware" attack was, cybersecurity experts say it's nothing compared to what might be coming - especially if companies, organisations and governments don't make major fixes.
Promises unmet as Thailand tries to reform shrimp industry
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2016
» SAMUT SAKHON - Facing international pressure for failing to stop human trafficking in its seafood sector, Thailand promised almost a year ago to compensate victims of slavery and industry leaders vowed to bring all shrimp processing in-house.
EU to maintain 'yellow card' sanctions on seafood exports
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2016
» BRUSSELS -- The European Union will maintain its threat of a seafood import ban on Thailand because the nation still is not doing enough to improve its fisheries and labour practices, officials said Thursday.
US to review Thai trade benefits after labour complaint
Associated Press, Published on 26/11/2015
» WASHINGTON -- The United States will review Thailand's eligibility for trade benefits after complaints that the country is not properly protecting workers' rights, the US Trade Representative said.
Malaysia turns away 2 boats with 800 migrants
Associated Press, Published on 14/05/2015
» LANGKAWI — Thousands of Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshis abandoned at sea had nowhere to turn Thursday as Malaysia turned away two boats crammed with more than 800 migrants, saying it could not afford to keep being nice.
Thailand, two Asean countries investigate fishing-slavery reports
Associated Press, Published on 02/04/2015
» BENJINA, INDONESIA — Officials from three countries are travelling to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to investigate how thousands of foreign fishermen wound up there as slaves and were forced to catch seafood that could eventually end up being exported to the United States and elsewhere.
4,000 fishermen reported stranded on Indonesian islands
Associated Press, Published on 27/03/2015
» JAKARTA - An estimated 4,000 foreign fishermen are stranded on a number of remote islands in eastern Indonesia, including men revealed in <a href="/news/special-reports/508855/slave-labour-fish-mixes-in-with-thai-catch">an Associated Press investigation</a> to have been enslaved, an aid group said.
US renews call for Thai crackdown on fishing abuses
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2015
» The US government and major business leaders are renewing their call on the Thai government to crack down on slavery in its fishing fleets, and to punish people who force migrant workers to catch seafood that can end up in the United States.