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Thailand's last hunter-gatherers seek land rights
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» PA BON (THAILAND) - Deep in a Thai forest a young man sprints through the undergrowth, blowpipe in hand, before pumping a poisoned dart at a monkey.
Activist seeks end to BJT, PP
Published on 15/10/2025
» A red-shirt leader has petitioned the Constitutional Court to dissolve the ruling Bhumjaithai (BJT) Party and the main opposition People's Party (PP) over a controversial memorandum of agreement (MOA) they co-signed, which enabled the formation of the current coalition government.
Envoys enlisted to sift victims
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 14/02/2025
» International embassies in Bangkok are being invited to a meeting at the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to discuss how it is identifying victims of human trafficking among a group of at least 260 foreigners rescued recently from Thailand's neighbouring countries.
Trio busted for child trafficking
Post Reporters, Published on 14/11/2024
» Two Thais and a Myanmar citizen were arrested in Chon Buri on Thursday on charges of trafficking a 10-year-old girl from Myanmar to work as their “slave”.
Decade-old sketch leads to woman's arrest
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/09/2024
» Police with the Anti Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD) of the Central Investigation Bureau spent one month looking through loads of files to catch the last suspect in a decade-old human trafficking case. They had only one clue -- a sketch of an anonymous woman.
Human trafficking suspect arrested after 12 years on the run
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 17/09/2024
» Police have arrested a woman on charges of human trafficking in connection with forced labour on fishing trawlers after she was on the run for more than a decade.
Chatuchak vendors protest 55% fee hike
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 09/01/2024
» Sellers in Chatuchak Weekend Market gathered on Tuesday at Lan Khon Muang square near City Hall, demanding the suspension of a “slave” contract that raises their monthly costs by 55%.
How to bring 'slave master' lenders to heel
Aekarach Sattaburuth, Wassayos Ngamkham, Supoj Wancharoen and Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/12/2023
» The scale of Thailand's informal debt has captured the government's attention, prompting it to declare the matter a national agenda issue and roll out a nationwide programme for debtors to register for help.
Waitress rescued from 'torture, enslavement'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/10/2023
» A 21-year-old woman has been rescued from a Japanese restaurant in Bangkok's Phasi Charoen district after allegedly being treated like a slave by the owner who the woman claims abused and tortured her for a year.
Rescued waitress says abused, tortured by restaurant owner
Post Reporters, Published on 25/10/2023
» A good samaritan has rescued a young woman being treated like a slave by a restaurant owner who allegedly abused and tortured her for years after helping her and her family when she was abducted and abused as a teenager.