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Two bodies found on stricken tanker off China
Reuters, Published on 13/01/2018
» SHANGHAI: A Chinese salvage team recovered two bodies on Saturday from a stricken Iranian oil tanker, that was still blazing a week after it caught fire and was left adrift following a collision in the East China Sea, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Hundreds of police block civil groups' march
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 20/01/2018
» Hundreds of police on Saturday blocked protesters planning to march from Bangkok to Khon Kaen in the northeast of the country in a rare display of public discontent.
Seafood slavery database put online
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 17/02/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A new online tool helps seafood companies assess the risk of forced labour or human trafficking in their supply chains, its developers say.
42 register as new parties on opening day
Online Reporters and Reuters, Published on 02/03/2018
» Registration for new political parties began on Friday, with 34 groups turning up to register with the Election Commission.
Auto parts heir promises new party will heal political rift
REUTERS AND ONLINE REPORTERS, Published on 15/03/2018
» A scion of Thailand's biggest auto parts group launched a new political party in Bangkok on Thursday as an alternative to established parties, promising to bridge a festering political divide in the country.
China touts 'Polar Silk Road'
Reuters, Published on 17/03/2018
» SHANGHAI: China has begun building its first polar expedition cruise ship, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday, as the country looks to shipping lanes opened up by global warming to extend President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative to the Arctic.
Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 29/03/2018
» SAMUT SAKHON: Sold to a boat operator for 6,000 baht two years ago, Win from Myanmar worked as a fisherman until he lost his forearm in an accident on the vessel this year.
Migrant construction workers' children exposed to violence: UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 29/03/2018
» Women migrant construction workers and their children in Thailand are exposed to violence and abuse in hazardous living conditions, the United Nations said on Thursday.
Thai businesses must act to curb abuses - UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 04/04/2018
» Thailand's fishing industry has made significant progress in curbing abuse, but measures to prevent rights violations must now be adopted in other sectors, and by Thai firms operating overseas, United Nations experts said on Wednesday.
Yangon garbage fire a public-health menace
Reuters, Published on 28/04/2018
» YANGON: Firefighters are still struggling to put out a fire that broke out a week ago in a massive garbage dump, blanketing Myanmar's largest city with foul-smelling smoke.