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Experts Say Thailand Can’t Completely Eradicate Scam Centre Issue

2 weeks ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked via Thailand to other countries in Southeast Asia to operate online scamming activities in recent years. These online rackets, which include swindling money in fake romance, financial investment, cryptocurrency and illegal gambling schemes, are usually operated by Chinese criminal networks. The scammers are often innocent individuals looking for a better job, before being lured into fake promises of lucrative employment in Thailand.
Viet Nam Fast-Tracks High-Speed Rail

1 month ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Gary Bowerman

“This project is pivotal for restructuring transport and serves as a cornerstone for Viet Nam’s leap into a new era of growth.” Those words by Nguyen Danh Huy, Viet Nam’s Deputy Minister of Transport, summarise the rationale for investing USD67 billion in South East Asia’s advanced rail system. On 30 November 2024, Viet Nam’s National Assembly approved the development of a 1,541km North-South high-speed railway with trains set to run at up to 350kph.
Could Koh Kood Become A Dispute Between Thailand and Cambodia?

2 months ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

A popular holiday hotspot in Thailand has become embroiled in an old debate in recent months. Koh Kood, or Koh Kut, is an island situated in the Gulf of Thailand. But Cambodian activists have recently upped their protests, saying that part of the island and its maritime boundaries belong to Cambodia. After a two-hour ferry ride from Koh Chang, the golden buddha at Wat Ao Salat temple is the most notable sight arriving at Koh Kood island.
A Future Blueprint for Tourism in Bali

2 months ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Gary Bowerman

President Prabowo’s comments were used to support his “commitment to build a North Bali International Airport.” A second Bali airport has been discussed since 2015, but without full governmental support. Until now.
Human Rights Watch Annual Report Shows Growing Concern for Southeast Asia

2 months ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organisation headquartered in New York, released its World Report 2025 in January, highlighting the world’s most pressing rights issues in 2024. Asia, which broadly covers 48 countries from as far west as Turkey and as far east as Japan, has had some success stories.
Calls For Release of Uyghurs Detained in Thailand

2 months ago | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

Calls are increasing for Thailand to release dozens of Uyghurs who fled China and have been detained for almost a decade. Forty-eight Uyghurs made a desperate plea for help in January after they were concerned, they were about to be deported back to China. The group had penned a handwritten letter explaining that the Thai authorities had asked the group to sign documents to approve their deportation.
Myanmar & the ICC

Dec 10, 2024 | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

An International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Myanmar’s military boss Min Aung Hlaing is more symbolic than anything else, experts say. Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the ICC, has requested the arrest warrant citing grounds that the Min Aung Hlaing committed crimes against humanity against the Muslim Rohingya ethnic group, which led to thousands being killed, persecuted and forced to flee the country.
Laos: Methanol Deaths a Grim Warning

Nov 26, 2024 | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Tommy Walker

The recent deaths of foreign tourists in Laos caused by tainted alcoholic drinks has highlighted the risks of bootlegged booze across Southeast Asia . Six foreign tourists have died in after drinking suspected methanol-laced drinks in Vang Vieng, a rural town 150 kilometres north of the Lao capital Vientiane.
Kiwis Catch Korean Art Wave — Asia Media Centre

Oct 1, 2024 | asiamediacentre.org.nz

A huge month for contemporary art in South Korea demonstrates how much New Zealand has to learn from the country’s investment in its cultural sector. Kiwis Shannon Te Ao and Vera Mey made the moment a...
IPAC in Taiwan

Aug 7, 2024 | asiamediacentre.org.nz | Jono Thomson

Taiwan’s government recently welcomed delegates of the Inter Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) from 29 countries in Taipei, where the group made a statement challenging China’s claim to sovereignty over the island and welcomed Taiwan as its newest member.