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4 bodies found floating off Koh Tarutao
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/11/2025
» An investigation is underway along with search and rescue operations after four bodies were found floating off Koh Tarutao island in Satun, local authorities said yesterday.
Hold Facebook accountable for scams, hoaxes
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 20/01/2025
» Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision to fire his fact-checking team has opened the floodgates to a deluge of scams, hate speech, propaganda and lies. I first discovered how the platform used by 3.2 billion people was being misused when I started sub-editing at the Post in 2017. Every news story about the plight of the Rohingya was followed -- in seconds -- by dozens of crude memes and copy-and-paste hate speech in comments demonising the stateless people as usurpers, animals and even cannibals. The campaign was later linked to propaganda farms run by Myanmar's Tatmadaw military.
Cry for help from Moei River 'scam city'
News, Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 10/01/2025
» 'Do you think I can get out of here?" the question induced sudden dead air as no one could answer it. But for people familiar with the stories of a city of scammers located in a border town in Myanmar, it is not difficult to feel the gravity of terror inflicted on the woman who raised such a question.
Informal talks to seek Asean five-point consensus
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 02/12/2024
» Vientiane: The next extended informal consultation on the Myanmar crisis in Bangkok this month can help support the five-point consensus on Myanmar proposed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), a senior Lao official said.
Informal talks set for 'next month'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 29/11/2024
» The government is expecting to hold the next extended informal consultation on the Myanmar crisis sometime next month, though the final date has yet to be confirmed, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) yesterday.
Aung Ko Ko's death shines light on army impunity
News, Matthew Smith, Published on 25/11/2024
» In January this year, the bruised and bloody body of a Myanmar man named Aung Ko Ko was found near the bustling town of Mae Sot, Thailand -- just over the border from a deadly revolutionary war in Myanmar. But it wasn't armed conflict in Myanmar that claimed Aung Ko Ko's 37-year-old life. Evidence points to the Thai military.
Experts call for the reimagination of education for youth and lifelong learners
News, Published on 21/10/2024
» Bangkok, 21 October – An urgent call for the collaborative reimagination of education systems for all and the promotion of lifelong learning were at the core of the 3rd International Conference on Equitable Education, which was hosted by UNESCO and the Equitable Education Fund (EEF) Thailand and partners from 18 to 19 October in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Progress lies beyond pre-coup order
News, Laetitia van den Assum and Kobsak Chutikul, Published on 07/10/2024
» From Tuesday until Friday, Laos will host a summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders. The event will also bring Asean partners from around the world to the capital Vientiane. Its agenda will be weighed down by complex and potentially divisive issues. One of them is the situation in Myanmar, which has been on the agenda since April 2021.
Bangladesh's youth uprising has Arab Spring echoes
News, Niaz Asadullah, Published on 27/07/2024
» In recent weeks, the Bangladeshi government has cracked down violently on students demanding equitable access to coveted government jobs amid an unemployment crisis. To contain the protests, authorities have shut down all educational institutions, imposed a strict curfew, and cut off internet access. Thousands of police officers and paramilitaries have been patrolling the streets, and more than 170 people have died.
Thailand recharges Myanmar policy
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 18/06/2024
» At his first press briefing on Friday, Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa spoke at length about Thai foreign policy under his stewardship. He covered the whole gamut of revitalised diplomatic paths the country is on and will be making in a 43-slide PowerPoint presentation.