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A small initiative with a big dream has taken root on the banks of the Bang Khunthian canal, a waterway steeped in history and yearning for a return to its former glory.
For a film about sex work to win an Oscar is rare. For it to win the respect of sex workers is even rarer.
The Lawyers Council of Thailand has stepped in to help a single mother of three children, who is under threat from an informal creditor charging her 800 baht interest per hour until she repays her debt, which has now ballooned to 40,000 baht.
Saw Chit Thu, the Karen warlord who controls Myanmar’s notorious scam hub of Shwe Kokko, has come under intense pressure from Thailand and China to curb international cyberfraud in his territory.
Thailand is staring at a crisis caused by the rising number of factory closures in recent years, partly attributed to an influx of cheaper Chinese products. This trend is expected to continue this year, raising fears of an irreversible decline in local manufacturing and its consequences for Thai workers.
This year’s dry season in Thailand will officially start on February 28 and will last until mid-May, with average maximum temperatures forecast at 35-36oC, which is somewhat lower than last year, according to Dr. Sugunyanee Yavinchan, director-general of the Meteorological Department.
Nearly 100,000 displaced persons in Thailand’s four border provinces have lost access to healthcare services after the US government suspended financial support for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for 90 days late last month.
The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), an ally of Myanmar’s government, has announced that it will cease helping or taking care of trafficked foreigners in its territory, because it cannot afford the high costs.
The first group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in scam call centers in Myanmar arrived in China yesterday after being repatriated from Myawaddy, Myanmar, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
The cybercrime police's morning raid on the house of an online journalist, following a complaint filed by former PM Thaksin Shinawatra, has drawn harsh criticism from critics and the public alike.
China's extraterritorial law enforcement efforts to crack down on scam call centers along the Thailand-Myanmar border likely trod on Thai sovereignty and undermined the government's ability to handle the issue, according to local critics.
The rice policy subcommittee has agreed to adopt three measures to shore up falling second-crop paddy prices, as crops are now being harvested. The measures are to be submitted to the National Rice Policy and Management Committee next week for ratification.
A 22-year-old female student was rescued by police from a hotel in Bangkok’s Lat Phrao area on Thursday, after she was lured there by a call centre scammer and told to inform her parents that she had been kidnapped and would be freed for a payment of 200,000 baht.
Coming to think of it, whether Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn is innocent or not does not matter. If he is, the omnipresent system that is destroying him is rotten. If he is guilty of covertly benefiting from online gambling as alleged, this is a man who was once two days away from being an official contender to head the entire police force.
A convict in the infamous rice pledging scheme of the Yingluck Shinawatra administration has been arrested in Khon Kaen province by officials from the National Anti-Corruption Commission, after being on the run for about ten years.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in his capacity as chief adviser to this year’s ASEAN chair, will travel to Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat this Sunday to gather information on the southern conflict.
