Child Slaves May Have Caught the Fish in Your Freezer
Thailand is the third largest seafood exporter in the world, but much of the tuna, sardines, shrimp and squid it exports has been caught by victims of human trafficking
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Laos Is Going to Build a Dam That Will Kill Off the Last Irrawaddy Dolphins
The species could be wiped out from the Mekong River by a new hydropower project, which also threatens to decimate fishing stocks
Cambodia Is a Deadly Political Mess That the World Completely Ignores
Friday marks six months since much maligned polls in Cambodia, where bloody crackdowns, racism and rampant human rights violations continue to define an increasingly fraught society
Stabbing of Former Hong Kong Newspaper Editor Raises Press-Freedom Fears
Kevin Lau, who was ousted as chief editor of Ming Pao newspaper in January, lies in critical condition in hospital following attack on Wednesday morning
Burma Accused of ‘Crime Against Humanity’ Over Persecution of Rohingya
A new report claims Naypyidaw has been methodically oppressing the Muslim minority for decades
Three Children Dead in One Weekend: Thailand’s Political Violence Is Officially Out of Control
Academics and activists are talking about the possibility of “widespread conflict,” even civil war
Edward Snowden Wins Role at U.K. University
Leaker elected to ceremonial position of rector at Glasgow University in Scotland in “significant statement” regarding “democratic rights”
Thailand Sends 1,300 Rohingya Back to Hell
Rohingya asylum seekers are being returned to Burma, which they fled after having endured violent persecution and sectarian bloodshed
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Trials Are a Shocking Failure
Hearings into an appalling genocide have seen just five indictments and only one conviction in eight years at a cost of some $200 million
‘Nobody Liked My Selfie and Now the Country Is Going to Hell’
Young Thais not receiving enough positive feedback for their selfies spell trouble ahead for the Southeast Asian nation, claims Thailand’s Department of Mental Health
At Least 16 Perish in Baghdad Bombings
No immediate claim of responsibility although al-Qaeda affiliate thought to blame
Thai Elections Could be Postponed, in Fresh Blow for Yingluck
A court ruling finds that the country’s Election Commission can postpone polls that the Thai PM wants to hold to reassert her mandate
Bolivia to Build First Nuclear Power Plant
Aims to become fourth Latin American nation to harness atomic energy after Brazil, Argentina and Mexico