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Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their famil…
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‘I was a drunk for 20 years’: The unlikely US priest revered in the slums of Bangkok
Father Joe arrived in Bangkok in the 1970’s. Fifty years, 15 schools and 30,000 students later, he credits the…
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Fears the Year of the Rabbit could bring about a wave of abandoned pets
Animal welfare groups in Malaysia and Singapore have urged consumers to not buy rabbits on an ‘impulse’ and to…
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Thailand’s tuk-tuks go green amid rising demand for electric models
Travel without the combustion-engine fumes and noise is increasingly popular in the country with some of the w…
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Western firms facilitating production of Myanmar junta’s weapons, says report
Independent experts find western-supplied materials are still finding their way into military’s handsCompanies…
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‘Truth is one of our rights’: victims of Indonesia’s bloody past want more than regret from their president
After Joko Widodo acknowledged the mass killings of 1965-66, victims say compensation is the next stepIta Nadi…
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More than 100 Rohingya refugees jailed for trying to flee Myanmar camps
Children among those arrested last month as they waited for transport to take them to MalaysiaMore than 110 Ro…
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Thai police offer cash prizes for videos of worst road violations
Effort to reduce new year collisions has been criticised for encouraging drivers to film others or stage viola…
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Myanmar’s junta blamed for deaths of more than 160 children in 2022
Exiled National Unity Government says figure is a rise of 78% on last year, following February 2021 coupMyanma…
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‘Dying of boredom’: the fight to release Thailand’s shopping mall gorilla
Bua Noi has spent decades in a cage in a decaying Bangkok shopping mall. Her owner says is she too old to be t…
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Love of the Irish: why are Gaelic games so popular in Asia?
Hurling, camogie and other sports have pushed into places like Thailand and Vietnam, where players find them i…
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Sex, laughs and the snip: an audience with Thailand’s ‘Condom King’
Thailand’s population growth has slowed dramatically since the 60s, with a little help from Mechai Viravaidya’…
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Thailand dreams of high-end cannabis tourism after marijuana is legalised
Ideas ranging from wellness spas to profitable farms for rural communities could provide economic boost, say a…
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Tourists urged to avoid Myanmar as junta prepares to reopen to world
Travel agents and aid workers raise issues of safety and note that tourism dollars will only benefit the rulin…
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‘A normal tactic’: Myanmar’s aid workers vow to press on despite Christmas Eve massacre
Attacks such as the one in which two Save the Children staff died are a harsh fact of life under the junta, sa…