カテゴリー: Thailand
Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of T…
Head of anti-trafficking agency says dozens of Chinese criminal gangs were running the centresTens of thousands of people could be living inside illegal scam compounds in Myanmar that have proliferated near Thailand’s border, according to the head of T…
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for criminal syndicates operating online scam operations and tricking thousands into enslaved workAbout 7,000 people have been rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar and were waiting to be t…
Five Thai nationals released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel return home to emotional reunions with family. The men had been working in southern Israel when they were abducted by Hamas militants during the attack on 7 October 2023. A t…
The group of five workers were greeted at Bangkok airport by overjoyed family members and officials after being held for over a year in GazaSee all our Middle East coverageThe families of five Thai farm workers held hostage in Gaza for over a year wept…
Authorities are hoping to to slow population growth and curb conflict with humansThailand will begin giving birth control to a small number of wild female elephants this year, as the country struggles with the growing problem of human-elephant conflict…
Five of the last six Thai nationals have been released by Hamas. For one nine-year-old, the agonising wait continues for the return of his father Narissara Jantasang’s nine-year-old son was brimming with excitement as he watched footage of Thai hostage…
Five Thai hostages were among eight people released on Thursday as part of an ongoing ceasefire and exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza. Three Israelis were also released. The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian armed…
David Armitage, resident in Thailand since 2004 death of Lamduan Armitage, detained by immigration officialsThe British husband of Lamduan Armitage, a Thai woman whose body was found in a stream in the Yorkshire Dales in 2004, has been detained by poli…
Detainees fear their return could be imminent despite UN experts urging Bangkok to halt possible transferRelatives of Uyghurs detained in Thailand for more than a decade have begged the Thai authorities not to deport the 48 men back to China, after the…
Government orders ban on burning of leftover crops and says train and bus services will be free from SaturdayAir pollution in Thailand’s capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, the highest number in five ye…
Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community has fought for decades for the right to equal marriage, and on Thursday 878 district offices across the country opened their doors to same-sex couples who wished to register and get married. It has made Thailand the first co…
Thailand has become the first country in south-east Asia to hold legal same-sex weddings, with LGBTQ+ groups aiming to mark the occasion with more than 1,000 marriage registrations in a single day‘I am so proud’: Joy as Thailand’s same-sex couples can …
Marriage equality laws come into force, with hundreds of couples tying the knot in special wedding eventsMore than 1,800 same-sex couples have married in Thailand after the country became the first in south-east Asia to recognise equal marriage followi…
It was once a privilege afforded to only Singapore, Brunei and Japan but now travel rules have been relaxed for dozens of countries. But are many people coming?A few years ago, getting a visa to visit China was a “ball ache”, says Kate Murray. The Aust…