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A case where a mother trafficked her daughter came to light in September after the girl sought help alone from the Tokyo Regional Immigration Services Bureau.
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2026
Thai mother sentenced for trafficking daughter to Tokyo sex trade
The mother entered Japan with her daughter in June last year on the pretext of sightseeing before abandoning the girl at the massage parlor, according to a court in Bangkok.
Siranudh "Psi" Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, in Bangkok on May 24
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2026
Thai beer dynasty feud casts spotlight on ‘ungrateful child’ law
The law enables parents to revoke gifts if their offspring are deemed ungrateful, physically abusive, neglectful in old age or responsible for serious reputational harm.
Rescue workers recover a suitcase from a grassy area near a railway track, in which police later found the body of a 17-year-old Thai girl, in Pattaya City, Thailand, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2026
Thai family mourns teen girl found dead in suitcase as Australian arrested
Thai police said ⁠they reviewed CCTV footage that showed the Australian man entering a condominium with the 17-year-old girl, then leaving alone hours later ​carrying a suitcase.
People visit the Delta Electronics booth during the annual Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 3, 2026.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Thai stock market thriving as surprise beneficiary of AI boom
While the country lacks the semiconductor champions of Taiwan or South Korea, investors are increasingly recognizing its role in supplying the infrastructure behind AI.
Banjop Kraithong, 54, a local fisher, removes crabs from a fishing net in Lang Suan district, Chumphon province, Thailand, on May 19.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2026
Thailand revives $30 billion coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca Strait
Plans envision a logistics corridor that will offer an alternative route to the Strait of Malacca by connecting two new deep-sea ports.
The National Police Agency said it has dispatched a liaison officer to Bangkok in order to strengthen cooperation with police authorities in Southeast Asia and crack down on fraud cases.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 18, 2026
Police force deploys liaison officer to Bangkok to coordinate on fraud cases
The dispatch is part of a broader push to crack down on fraud groups operating scam hubs in Southeast Asia.
Suspect Yusuke Sasaki arrives at Haneda Airport on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand. He is accused of leading a special fraud operation based in Cambodia.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 17, 2026
Alleged Japanese leader of Cambodia-based fraud ring arrested
The suspect, Yusuke Sasaki, was arrested by the Aichi Prefectural Police after being deported from Thailand the same day, where he had been detained by local authorities.
Fishing boats are docked along the Mekong River in Chiang Saen, northern Thailand's Chiang Rai province on June 4. Thailand's pollution control department said in April it had found arsenic concentrations of up to 296 milligrams per kilogram in sediment near Chiang Saen — more than nine times the level considered dangerous for aquatic life.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 16, 2026
Poorest on front line as arsenic hits nine times danger level in Mekong River
Doctors have found elevated levels of toxic arsenic in those who work on the river, which passes through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
South Bangkok Criminal Court
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2026
Thailand sentences Chinese Uyghurs to death over 2015 shrine bombing
The blast came weeks after Thailand’s then-ruling junta forcibly repatriated 109 Uyghurs to China.
A Myanmar refugee granted a work permit by the Thai government works at a longan farm in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, in November 2025.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2026
Thai jobs for Myanmar refugees could show way forward for Asian nations, U.N. says
The step came in response to a sharp decline in global humanitarian funding, ​in part as the U.S. slashed foreign aid ‌and Thailand ‌battled growing labor shortages.
Takafumi Sugawara (second from left) is detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport on the outskirts of Bangkok on Sunday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2026
Japanese man held in Thailand over Cambodia-based scams
Suspect Takafumi Sugawara is believed to be a ringleader of a fraud group based in Cambodia and is alleged to have been involved in scams targeting Japanese nationals.
A rice paddy field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian Kashmir, this month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2026
Hot weather hurts Asian crops as powerful El Nino takes shape
Dry weather is disrupting crop planting across the world’s most populous region, and an expected severe El Nino weather pattern could inflict more damage.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is greeted by family members and relatives upon his release at Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok on May 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 4, 2026
Thailand politician Thaksin to head to Dubai after royal pardon sets him free
The former prime minister plans to travel to Dubai after receiving a royal pardon that wiped out the remainder of his prison sentence.
Thailand's first municipally operated elderly care center in Pathum Thani on April 8
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Jun 3, 2026
Thailand references Japan in boosting its community-based elderly care
In some cases drawing on Japanese experience, local governments and communities in Thailand are stepping up work to support older residents through integrated care initiatives.
Siranudh "Psi" Scott, a fourth-generation member of the billionaire Thai family that founded the Singha beer brand, poses after an interview in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 27, 2026
Thai beer heir sexual abuse allegations ignite rare public reckoning
The high-profile case within the wealthy Thai beer brewing family has prompted a wave of painful accounts from survivors of unconnected abuse in the conservative country.
A cook from Thailand prepares reindeer legs in the kitchen of the Nuka cafe in Ilulissat, Greenland.
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
May 23, 2026
The Asian workers keeping Greenland in business
According to Greenland’s employers’ association, five to 6% of workers on the island are Asian, drawn by the tourism sector.
"I’ve been doing this for 40 years and it just keeps getting worse,” Bunyut Chaosamut said. "We are sea people; we can’t just quit and start growing rice or planting rubber trees.”
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 22, 2026
Southeast Asia’s fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs
High fuel prices linked to the Iran war are hitting Southeast Asia’s seafood industry hard, forcing boats to stay ashore and raising costs across the supply chai
Tourists relax along Patong Beach on the southern Thai island of Phuket in 2024. Thailand is drastically cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals, officials said on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2026
Thailand cuts visa-free stays, citing crime by foreigners
Tourism is vital to the Southeast Asian nation’s economy, but foreign arrivals have yet to return to their pre-COVID highs.
The war in Iran is fueling currency crises in energy-importing countries, underscoring the need to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles and renewable energy to shield economies from fossil-fuel shocks.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2026
The energy crisis is becoming a currency crisis
The biggest losers include the Egyptian pound, the Philippine peso, the South Korean won and the Thai baht.
Bangkok in December 2025. Thailand risks losing ground to regional rivals such as Vietnam and Indonesia, which have moved more aggressively to streamline regulatory regimes and court foreign capital.
BUSINESS
May 18, 2026
Thailand plans reform of up to 7,000 business rules to tempt foreign investment
Thailand risks losing ground to regional rivals such as Vietnam and Indonesia, which have moved more aggressively to streamline regulatory regimes.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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