A freeze on foreign assistance programs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has led to cuts in services to refugees from war-torn Myanmar, including the shutdown of hospital care in camps in Thailand where more than 100,
Police chiefs in three districts of Thailand’s Tak province were removed for failing to combat scam-related activity.
Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centers, despite efforts to reassure them.
BANGKOK: Thailand, China may set up special centre to combatThailand and China are considering joining hands to set up a special centre to deal with human trafficking issues after a Chinese delegate paid a visit to the Thai-Myanmar border,
Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.
Thai media have reported on some promising developments for migrants, such as cabinet approval in October of a plan to grant citizenship to nearly half a million people, including long-term migrants and children born in Thailand, and new visas for digital, medical and cultural pursuits.
Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the country will split along ethnic lines.
Thailand's Prime Minister targeted by AI phone scam A significant incident highlighted the vulnerabilities within governmental communication systems when Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra became the target of an AI-driven phone scam.
Under an oppressive midday heat, dozens of Myanmar fishermen were busy offloading a huge new catch. From a fishing vessel docked in shallow water, the men rushed baskets full of fish off their boats with a sense of urgency and haste.
The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring countries must do their part to suppress them.
The recent kidnapping of a Chinese actor on the Thailand-Myanmar border has turned the spotlight on the international criminal gangs responsible for luring Chinese citizens abroad and forcing them to take part in telecoms scams.
Thailand expects its 609-km (378 miles) portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations in 2030, its government said on Wednesday, nearly a decade later than originally planned.