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The arrests were made during a joint patrol operation involving the Ratchamanu Task Force, Mae Sot Police, Immigration Bureau, and local administrative officials.
MAE SOT, Thailand — Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world, squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their ...
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Cyber scam compounds made ...
Mae Sot, he says, is the next ground zero for the region’s labor struggle, adding that unions also want the 10 members of ASEAN to act as a trade bloc and enforce basic international workplace ...
Tai Chang and Jiaoke, notorious scam centres in Myanmar. The names of three other compounds are yet unknown.
MAE SOT, Thailand (CNN) -- Nine refugee camps stretch along western Thailand's border with Myanmar, but Mae La, with a population of 43,000, is by far the largest.
In Mae Sot, Myanmar’s refugees are pooled as ‘forced, cheap labor’ Big Brands and big profits, where Muslims prefer to hide their religion Naing Aung Aung, spokesman for the Arakan Workers ...
For dozens of women who fled Myanmar and settled in Thailand, soccer has become a refuge from both the troubles of daily life and conservative cultural norms. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Mae Sot ...
MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them ...
Mae Sot, a town on the Thai-Myanmar border in Tak province, is notorious as a hub for cross-border human trafficking and transnational organised crime run by Chinese mafia syndicates. Despite this ...
Mae Sot's roads were jammed with vehicles from Myanmar seeking to refill their tanks, as oil prices in Myawaddy soared to 70 baht per litre. Local stations on the Thai side saw heavy traffic after ...