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Dead body could be Burmese fisherman, say Phuket police
Based on his tattoo and clothing, police speculate he was a Burmese fisherman who may have been killed in a fight and dumped at sea.
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Prosecution rests in Phuketwan journalists trial
Journalists Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are accused of defamation over a report implicating the Thai navy in human trafficking.
Lead Story Migrants Issues Natural Disasters News
Remembering the tsunami
More than 220,000 people perished 10 years ago today in the worst natural disaster in living history. Some 2,000 were Burmese; many bodies remain unclaimed.
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‘Boatpeople’ story lands Reuters a Pulitzer as local reporters face jail
Two Reuters reporters were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reports on the trafficking of Rohingya Muslims, days before two Thailand-based journalists will appear in court, where they may face up to seven years in jail for republishing one paragraph of the award-winning work.
Rohingya detainees allege Thai abuse
Rohingya detainees in the Indian Andaman Islands allege that they were tortured and pushed out to sea in a vessel with no engine and limited supplies
Burmese killed in Thai road accident
Young girl among five migrants killed after overloaded truck collides with a passenger bus in popular Thai tourist resort of Phuket
