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Thailand Repatriates Hundreds More Chinese Scam Center Workers

Bangkok, Thailand AFP-Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centers flew home through Thailand on 6 March, as the kingdom said it aimed to repatriate 1,500 such workers a week. Thailand, Myanmar and China have been making efforts in recent weeks to clear out illegal cyberscam compounds on the...

Thailand’s Oldest Human Skeleton Discovered in Remote Cave

On 24 February, archaeologists announced the discovery of the oldest human skeleton ever found...

Heat Wave Shuts Down Schools in Nearly Half Philippine Capital

JAM STA ROSA/AFP - Soaring temperatures shut down schools in nearly half the Philippine...

Thailand to Implement 300-Baht Tourism Tax by Year-End

Thailand's 300-baht tourism tax for foreign visitors is set to take effect by the...

‘Escaping Hell’: Myanmar Scam Center Workers Plead to Go Home

Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention center in a seedy...

Vietnam’s Arrest of Reformist Labor Official Could Disturb Bid for Better Trade Terms With US

BANGKOK (AP) — A senior Vietnamese official with the country’s labor ministry was arrested for “deliberately disclosing state secrets,” police announced on May 9,...

Huge Fire at Chemical Storage Tank in Thailand Kills One and Injures 4

BANGKOK (AP) — At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a chemical storage...

Forging Forward: ASEAN, EU Launch Blue Book 2024-2025

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) launched the ASEAN-EU Blue Book 2024-2025 at the ASEAN Headquarters in Jakarta...

Six Laos Nationals Apprehended for Drug Trafficking Into Vietnam

Vietnamese local authorities arrested six Laos nationals on 6 May for allegedly transporting 120 kg of drugs across the border into central Ha Tinh...

TikTok Sues US to Block Law That Could Ban Social Media Platform

TikTok and its Chinese parent company filed a lawsuit on 7 May challenging a new American law that would ban the popular video-sharing app...

Vietnam Celebrates 70 Years Since Dien Bien Phu Battle That Ended French Colonial Rule

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on 7 May celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French...