An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
With wine crafted everywhere from England to China, new wineries and regions are redefining what we think of as traditional wine country. One of the latest contenders? Thailand’s tropical wine region of Khao Yai,
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congresswoman Julia Letlow (R-LA) delivered an official letter to President Trump requesting tariffs on rice imports from India, Thailand, China, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
I met a young lady from Saigon, who when she learned I was going to Vietnam asked me to visit her parents. My wife and I sponsored two students at the University of Washington under the program. One was from Thailand and the other from Hong Kong.
A crackdown on Myanmar’s scam hubs has freed 10,000 workers, but concerns remain over the sustainability of the efforts against powerful crime syndicates.
During Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the main topics of discussion was the proliferation of scam centers close to Thailand’s borders in Myanmar,
Phumtham said Liu explained that his actions in Thailand aligned with previous agreements, and emphasized his respect for Thailand’s sovereignty and local laws, and offered an apology for any misunderstandings,
Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars.
Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centres in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as Beijing and Thailand finalised plans on Wednesday for their repatriation.
The request is part of a four-point proposal by Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi on how to deal with scam call centers in Myanmar.
In recent weeks, authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar have attempted to dismantle scam centers and illegal online operations on the border
A British tourist lost his cool while going through airport security before throwing a tantrum which allegedly caused cocaine to fall from his pocket. Marc Patrick Wharton, 42, had flown from Shanghai in China to the island of Phuket in Thailand when suspicious officers pulled him aside.