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Nestle to fight 'slave labour' in Thailand
AFP, Published on 25/11/2015
» ZURICH - Swiss food giant Nestle vowed Tuesday to stamp out any forced labour used in its supply chain in Thailand, after a probe confirmed workers were toiling in "slave-like" conditions to catch and process fish for Nestle products.
'My heart dropped': families fear for Thais held by Hamas
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» The families of Thai labourers held hostage by Hamas spoke Tuesday of their fears for their safety, after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute civilian captives in its war with Israel.
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.
Red Bull heir still at large 10 years on
AFP, Published on 03/09/2022
» A crashed Ferrari, a dead policeman and a fugitive heir to a multibillion-dollar fortune -- a decade on, Thailand is no closer to resolving one of its most notorious hit-and-run cases.
Japanese man jailed for attacking Thai dissident
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» A Japanese man was jailed for 20 months on Wednesday for attacking a Thai academic in Japan where he lives in self-exile following his vocal criticism of the military and monarchy.
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.
Cambodian refugee monk fears jail if deported from Thailand
AFP, Published on 02/12/2021
» A Cambodian monk with international refugee status said Thursday he fears he will be thrown in jail if he is deported home from Thailand.
UN condemns Thailand for deporting third Cambodian refugee
AFP, Published on 23/11/2021
» The United Nations refugee agency has condemned Thailand for deporting a third Cambodian refugee in two weeks, after a former female politician was sent back to a Phnom Penh jail.
Thai rapper 'won't be silenced' after Apple state hacking warning
AFP, Published on 25/11/2021
» A Thai rapper vowed not to be silenced on Thursday after he and at least five other government critics received messages from Apple warning that state-sponsored hackers could be targeting their phones.
Apple users urged to download Pegasus spyware flaw fix
AFP, Published on 14/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple users were urged Tuesday to update their devices after the tech giant announced a fix for a major software flaw that allows the Pegasus spyware to be installed on phones without so much as a click.