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Criminal Complaint Filed in Germany Accuses Myanmar Military of Genocide, War Crimes

BANGKOK — Campaign group Fortify Rights and 16 Myanmar nationals have filed a genocide and war crimes complaint against Myanmar’s military leaders in Germany in the latest bid to leverage the principle of universal jurisdiction against the country’s ge...

Central bank claims phone charging cables cannot be used to steal data

The Bank of Thailand and the Thai Bankers Association (TBA) have dismissed a widespread suggestion on social media, claiming that a charging cable can...

Research Report: Refugee protection, human smuggling, and trafficking in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia – October 2022

DHAKA, Bangladesh: Without comprehensive regional and national approaches to refugee protection in Southeast Asia, more than 150,000 Rohingya in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia currently rely on a patchwork of policies that offer them limited, if any,...

Man arrested with 200,000 meth pills hidden in electric ovens

Thai anti-narcotic officials have seized 200,000 methamphetamine tablets, hidden in two electric ovens which were found in parcels at a delivery service company in Nonthaburi on Friday, and have arrested the sender.The two parcels, one containing 148,0...

Laos struggling to combat rising costs

Inflation in the small, land-locked nation of Laos has been spiraling for the last few months, shooting up by nearly 40% at the end of 2022 as a new prime minister tries to calm concerns about rising costs. The country’s National Statistics Bureau repo...

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