All 12 Boys and Coach Rescued from Thai Cave
All 12 boys and their coach have been pulled out of a flooded Thai cave where they and they had been trapped for more than two weeks, according to the Thai Navy SEALs. “All 12 ‘Wild Boars’ and coach have been extracted from the cave,” a post on their Facebook page said, referring to the […]
iflix and NBCUniversal team up to offer iflix users a huge slate of everyone’s favourite TV shows and movies
iflix (www.iflix.com), the world’s leading Internet TV service for emerging markets, offering subscribers unlimited access to thousands of TV shows, movies and more, today announced it has entered into major multi-year content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal (NBCU) to add a huge selection of the studio’s most popular and critically acclaimed titles to iflix’s extensive library. […]
British Familly Beaten Unconscious in Thailand
A witness who saw a British couple and their son beaten unconscious has described how he tried to help them but was attacked so violently he now needs surgery. CCTV footage captured the extremely violent attack in the popular tourist resort of Hua Hin, where the elderly couple and their middle-aged son were celebrating Thai […]
Thailand jails man for 30 years for insulting the monarchy on Facebook
A Thai man has been jailed for 30 years for insulting the monarchy on Facebook, in one of the toughest known sentences passed under the junta-ruled kingdom’s draconian royal defamation law. Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 87, is protected by rules known as lèse-majesté (injured majesty), under which anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir […]
Economics of trafficking, Rohingya slaves sold in Thailand: US$2,300 per head
After getting beaten up by his Thai captor, Rohingya refugee Abdul Sabur was again whipped by bamboo sticks until his begging cries could be heard. His screams was then transmitted back to his relatives so to speed up the payment of US$1,800 smuggling fee. Shall there be delay or problem in the procedure, he would […]
Beijing says fleeing Uighurs were ‘on way to join jihad’
Beijing has said that more than 100 members of the minority Muslim Uighur community, who were returned by Thailand after fleeing China, were on their way to join armed groups in the Middle East. China’s official Xinjua news agency cited the country’s ministry of public security in a report on Sunday that said the 109 […]
Asia migrants: Bangkok meeting to debate crisis
A regional conference is due to get under way in the Thai capital Bangkok to discuss possible solutions to the South-East Asia migrant crisis. The talks will include member states from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) as well as representatives from the US and the UN. Bangladesh and Myanmar have seen an exodus […]
