Tag: Bangkok
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Vietnamese refugees in Thailand at risk
BANGKOK: Increased cooperation between Thai and Vietnamese authorities is putting Vietnamese refugees and asylum seekers in Thailand at heightened risk of forcible return to Vietnam, Human Rights Watc … Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/vietnamese-refugees-in-thailand-at-risk-98268.php
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Thailand’s changing cannabis rules leave farmers in a tough spot
BANGKOK: When Thailand became the first South-East Asian nation to decriminalise cannabis, in 2022, it ignited a “green rush”, swiftly reshaping the economic landscape and challenging long-held … Full story: https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2025/07/15/thailands-changing-cannabis-rules-leave-farmers-in-a-tough-spot
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What to expect at Louis Vuitton’s Bangkok store
LV the Place Bangkok occupies two floors of the downtown retail complex Gaysorn Amarin, integrating retail, dining and culture. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=65ef68ca39ba48b4ab96eca515151852&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.travelweekly-asia.com%2fLuxury-Travel%2fWhat-to-expect-at-Louis-Vuitton-Bangkok-store&c=5174589496146035939&mkt=en-us
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Hmong activist in Thailand threatened for refusing to return to Vietnam
An ethnic Hmong preacher and human rights activist released on bail from a Bangkok detention center alleged that a Vietnamese official had threatened him when he refused to return to Vietnam, where he … Full story: https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/thai/hmong-activist-faces-repatriation-to-vietnam-02062024153937.html
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Enchanting Khao Kho
After a six-hour drive from Bangkok to the mountainous town of Khao Kho, I had a moment of peace on the new Skywalk Phu Lerd Khao Kho as the midday Sun brightened our moods while winds cooled us. Full story: https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/2718094/enchanting-khao-kho
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Hmong family who recently arrived in Australia
There was a new Hmong Vietnamese family from Bangkok recently arrived in Australia (Sept 2023), but who helps this family and how did they resettled in Australia. Read Full Article
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‘Ripe for abuse’: fears over new Thai refugee screening
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In a church on the edge of Thai capital Bangkok, dozens of Vietnamese refugees sing at a joyful service, sharing a moment of respite from their lives in fear of arrest or deportation.Four Cambodian … Read Full Article
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Refugee screening ‘ripe for abuse’
Hmong women from Vietnam, many of them asylum seekers, take part in an embroidery workshop in Bangkok. On Sept 22 new vetting rules will come into force and Thai officials will start screening some … Read Full Article
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Hill tribes, Spider-Man and elephants: Thailand votes
>From Hmong hill people voting in the shadow of mist-cloaked jungle mountains to Spider-Man cosplayers on Bangkok’s scorching streets, millions turned out to cast their ballots in Thailand’s election … Read Full Article
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Recipe for Venison Pad Kaprow from Primal Eats
It’s a Hmong recipe that is called the King of Street Food in Bangkok and Southeast Asia. The team at Primal Eats shows Local 5 Live viewers how to make Pad Kaprow using Primal … Read Full Article
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In Thailand, actor Sakda Kaewbuadee is asylum seekers’ guardian angel
On a hot Sunday in June in an alley in the northern suburbs of Bangkok, some 300 Hmong, an ethnic group from Vietnam, were living in complete secrecy, having fled persecution in their communist … Read Full Article
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kamphaeng phet | Bangkok Post Thailand Guide, Sightseeing, Nature & wilderness,
Mae Wong National Park used to be the centre of the hill tribes like Hmong, Yao, Muzer and Karen. The park was established as a national park on September 14, 1987 and is the 55th national park of … Read Full Article
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‘We Never Know What Tomorrow Brings:’ COVID Strands Thousands of Refugees in Thailand
From his hideout in northern Bangkok, James could hear roars of jet planes taking off from Don Mueang Airport. They gave him hope. He counted down the days until he could finally board one of them, … Read Full Article