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Myanmar TikTok Astrologer Arrested for Forecasting New Quake

AFP - Myanmar authorities have arrested a TikTok astrologer for spreading panic by predicting another strong earthquake in the aftermath of last month's tremor, state media said on 24 April. John Moe The, who has a TikTok following of more than 300,000, forecast on April 9 that a "very strong"...

Thailand-Cambodia Crime Pact Shouldn’t Undermine Human Rights, Says Right Group

Thailand and Cambodia’s new agreement to combat transnational crime must not come at the...

United States Plans to Hit Southeast Asian Solar Imports with Tariffs as High as 3,400 Percent

On 21 April, the United States Department of Commerce announced its final decision in...

Thailand Reviews Visa-Free Entry Amid Concerns of Illegal Stays, Drop in Chinese Tourism

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered a review of the country’s visa-free entry...

Chinese Executive Arrested in Bangkok Building Collapse Scandal

Thai authorities have arrested Zhang Chuanling, an executive of China Railway No.10 Engineering Group,...

Thailand to Reopen for Vaccinated Visitors from 10 Countries in November

Thailand has announced it will lift Covid-19 quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated tourists from ten low-risk countries this November. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said...

ASEAN May Exclude Myanmar From Next Summit

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is discussing excluding Myanmar's leader from a summit later this month after the country has failed to...

Economic Recovery in East Asia and Pacific Faces Setback

The East Asia and Pacific region’s recovery has been undermined by the spread of the Covid-19 Delta variant, prolonging the distress for firms and...

Myanmar Workers Return From Laos Infected with Covid-19

Some 2,132 migrant workers returning from the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Laos have been repatriated, with a small number testing positive...

Man Arrested for Phuket Sandbox Tourist Killing

A 27-year-old resident of Phuket has confessed to the killing of a tourist whose body was found by a waterfall in Phuket on 6...

Phuket Sandbox Tourist Found Dead

The body of a 57-year-old Swiss woman was discovered by a waterfall in Phuket yesterday, thought to have been raped and killed. The woman's body...