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Myanmar migrants pay for passports they fear they can’t use
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Passports issued to Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand now carry an unusual stamp: “For Thailand Only.” But the restriction may have no legal weight at international borders.
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Karen community fighting corn and coal for clean air in northern Thailand
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Northern Thailand is trapped in a cycle of air pollution driven by maize cultivation for the animal feed industry, with field burning each year choking the region in hazardous haze.
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Red Shirt protester acquitted in all cases related to 2014 protests after a year in detention
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A Red Shirt protester has been released after being acquitted in all five cases related to explosives during the 2014 Yellow Shirt protests.
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Indonesian island’s traditional residents face relocation for ‘sustainable’ project
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With relocation looming, a community in the Riau Islands is fighting to protect its ancestral villages and coastal environment from harm.
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Anguish for residents as Thailand’s most polluting coal plant gets new lease of life
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Thailand has announced it will delay the decommissioning of several coal-fired units at the 2,400-megawatt Mae Moh power plant in Lampang province, prompting fears among communities who have dealt with health problems linked to the plant for decades.
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Prachatai reporter, photojournalist indicted as principals for damaging a historic site
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Two Thai reporters, along with a pro-democracy activist, have been indicted as principals with regard to a 2023 incident where an activist sprayed graffiti onto the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. They have been granted provisional bail pending trial.
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US Indicts Cambodia’s Prince Group Chairman, Sanctions Associates for Sweeping Scam Network
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Striking new allegations suggest Prince Group gave bribes and a $3-million yacht to unnamed Cambodian officials to ensure the protection of scam-linked buildings. Its scammers controlled thousands of phones and tens of thousands of social media accounts in schemes that allegedly netted the group as much as $30 million a day.
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Shrinking Mekong megafish underlines risks to the river, study finds
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A study has found that the Mekong River’s largest freshwater fish are shrinking in size, with critically endangered species like the giant catfish and giant barb now averaging less than half their historical size.
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Two activists sentenced to prison for royal defamation over APEC 2022 protest statement
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Two pro-democracy activists have been convicted of royal defamation over a statement referring to the political situation which was delivered during the APEC 2022 protest.
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Cambodia’s new airport slowly breaks a rural community
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As Cambodia’s Techo International Airport rises, development blocks the fishing lakes that supported 400 families for decades. Without formal land titles, the community now faces forced eviction.
