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BANGKOK: Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centres flew home through Thailand on Thursday (Mar 6), 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 cyber scam compo Source
In Thailand, the sale of alcoholic beverages is banned between 2pm and 5pm and on important Buddhist religious days, following a decree by a coup regime in 1972 intended to target civil servants’ habit of extended lunch-time drinking. Source
Wang, known as Xing Xing, said he was lured to Thailand on the promise of an audition, only to be whisked off and smuggled across the border. Source
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Thursday (Feb 6) for the “strong measures” her country has taken against scam centres targeting Chinese people. Scam compounds have mushroomed along the Thai-Myanmar borderlands, staffed by trafficked foreigner Source
From Thailand legalising same-sex marriage to a forgotten war in Myanmar, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting. Source
Worried for their safety, China’s outbound tourists have pulled back on Thailand travel plans, opting for Japan and Malaysia as alternatives. Source
By 2030, the US$13 billion Thai network is expected to connect to the Laos-China high-speed railway via a bridge over the Mekong River. Source
BANGKOK: Thai authorities intercepted more than one and a half tonnes of crystal methamphetamine in a record seizure of the illegal drug, senior narcotic officials said on Monday (Jan 20). The haul – which authorities said had been sent from Africa via India and was bound for Europe, the United Stat Source
At its launch seven years ago, the Eastern Economic Corridor was marketed as a solution to Thailand’s economic malaise. But concerns persist. Source
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