Woman charged with tricking Laotian girl into prostitution
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018
A 37-year-old Hmong woman, wanted for luring a 16-year-old Laotian girl with a promise of a fried chicken shop’s worker job in Thailand but then taking her into forced prostitution at a karaoke bar in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district, has been taken into custody.
Myanmar refugees returning from Thailand but Rakhine still out of bounds: UN Refugee Agency
TUESDAY, MAY 08, 2018
THAILAND has repatriated nearly 100 mostly Karen and Karenni refugees to Myanmar from border camps in Tak and Mae Hong Son provinces, where they had fled conflict between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups over the past three decades.
Putting in perspective the rise of mixed-use projects in the region
FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2018
Mixed-use projects are growing, not only in Thailand but also in many Southeast Asian markets. Christian Olofsson, shopping centre & mixed-use director of IKEA/Southeast Asia, talks to The Nation about the trend and challenges of mixed-use property development in the region.