An aid group in Thailand has suspended their assistance for displaced people from Myanmar after US President Donald Trump suspended all US foreign assistance programs for 90 days. In a statement published on Facebook, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Thailand said it suspended its Urban Refugee Program indefinitely as of Jan. 25, 2024.

Chinese and Thai security authorities visited border areas in Tak province on Wednesday to work out measures to help victims of Chinese scam gangs based in Myawaddy across the border in Myanmar.

Medical facilities are shutting down, food supplies are at risk, and thousands of refugees face an uncertain future after the US cuts off critical aid to Thai border camps

BANGKOK - Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centres, despite efforts to reassure them.

Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of actor Wang Xing continue to reverberate through the country.

The recent rescue of kidnapped actor Wang Xing has highlighted the transnational criminal networks that thrive in the region.

The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring countries must do their part to suppress them.

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

Thailand expects its 609-km (378 miles) portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations in 2030, its government said on Wednesday, nearly a decade later than originally planned.

Thai media have reported on some promising developments for migrants, such as cabinet approval in October of a plan to grant citizenship to nearly half a million people, including long-term migrants and children born in Thailand, and new visas for digital, medical and cultural pursuits.

Chinese tourists visiting Thailand for Lunar New Year are worried about being kidnapped by gangsters to work in hellish scam centres, despite efforts to reassure them.

Under an oppressive midday heat, dozens of Myanmar fishermen were busy offloading a huge new catch. From a fishing vessel docked in shallow water, the men rushed baskets full of fish off their boats with a sense of urgency and haste.