The constantly shifting nature of how human trafficking is conducted and whom it targets make it increasingly difficult for Japanese authorities to wipe it out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/human-trafficking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #childabuse #thailandjapanrelations #thailand #sexcrimes #children #humantrafficking
After living in Thailand for nearly two decades, one Myanmar refugee feels like he can "see a future" following the government in Bangkok announcing such refugees would be given employment rights for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-refugees-thai-workforce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #refugees #thailand #southeastasia
Thailand said tariff talks with the U.S. will move forward on a separate track from its commitments to U.S. President Donald Trump on Thailand's border dispute with Cambodia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/asia-pacific/politics/thailand-us-trade-cambodia-border/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #us #trade #cambodia
In war-torn Myanmar, necessity — rather than climate goals — is driving a rapid adoption of solar power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-solar-power-energy-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #thailand #china #energy #solar
Cambodia and Thailand accused one another of fresh clashes along their border after Bangkok said it was pausing the implementation of a U.S.-backed peace deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/asia-pacific/cambodia-thailand-border-clashes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia
An Chinese alleged racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar, who spent over a decade on the run from Chinese authorities, has been extradited from Thailand to China, according to Thai police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/asia-pacific/crime-legal/chinese-scam-kingpin-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #fraud
Tokyo police have obtained an arrest warrant for the mother of a Thai girl on suspicion of violating the child welfare law by forcing the daughter to work at an erotic massage parlor, investigative sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/arrest-warrant-thai-mother/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japanesepolice #thailand #childabuse #sexcrimes #thailandjapanrelations
One survivor recounted a harrowing journey that left him floating for days in the Andaman Sea after the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority that left 27 dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/asia-pacific/rohingya-survivor-boat-sinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #rohingya #malaysia #thailand #southeastasia #myanmar #refugees
The chief of Thailand’s armed forces said he was “halting all agreements” with Cambodia after a landmine blast along their border that maimed a Thai soldier, escalating tensions between the neighbors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/asia-pacific/politics/thai-military-cambodia-trump-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #thailand #cambodia #southeastasia #us #donaldtrump
The number of people confirmed dead after a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border rose to 11 on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/asia-pacific/thai-malaysia-rohingya-boat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #malaysia #rohingya #migration #refugees #southeastasia #myanmar #bangladesh
Myanmar's military said it was demolishing nearly 150 buildings in a crackdown on a notorious internet scam compound bordering Thailand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-junta-scam-buildings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #fraud #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #starlink #thailand #southeastasia
The mother of a Thai girl believed to have been forced into sex work at a massage parlor in Tokyo has been detained in Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/crime-legal/mother-thai-girl-sex-work/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #thailand #childabuse #taiwan #sexcrimes #prostitution
Tokyo police have arrested the operator of a private-room massage parlor in Bunkyo Ward, after he allegedly forced a 12-year-old Thai girl to perform sexual services for customers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/thailand-girl-trafficking-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo #japanesepolice #thailand #sexcrimes #children #humantrafficking
I saw a special thing today
Loy Krathong, the Festival of Lights.
It happens on the full moon of the 12th lunar month. People float krathongs out onto a body of water, little boats made out of flowers and leaves, with incense and candles on top.
It symbolises ephemerality and letting go of negativity. This felt like a really good energy for today. I'm so glad I got to see this. 🪷🕯️
#Bangkok #Thailand
I saw a special thing today
Loy Krathong, the Festival of Lights.
It happens on the full moon of the 12th lunar month. People float krathongs out onto a body of water, little boats made out of flowers and leaves, with incense and candles on top.
It symbolises ephemerality and letting go of negativity. This felt like a really good energy for today. I'm so glad I got to see this. 🪷🕯️
#Bangkok #Thailand
Recent raids on one of Myanmar's most notorious internet scam hubs sparked a recruitment rush as fleeing workers scrambled to enlist at nearby fraud factories, experts and insiders said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-hub-recruitment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #organizedcrime #fraud #gangs
Hundreds of wholesale vendors in Bangkok are selling black clothing — several with hefty discounts — to honor former Queen Sirikit after she died at age 93. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/thailand-queen-business-mourning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #thailand #death #royalty
India plans to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam center in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-repatriation-myanmar-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #myanmar #thailand #anutincharnvirakul