Chinese ministry team visits Thailand to seek ways to tackle at least 36 major cyber scam gangs, days ahead of Thai leader’s China trip.

Thai businesses are expected to incur up to 1 billion baht ($29.5 million) in losses from China's ban on sugar syrup and premixed powder exports from the Southeast Asian nation, with shipments left stranded in Chinese ports,

International pressure is mounting on Thailand – including from the new US administration – over the fate of dozens of Uyghur men held in detention for more than a decade, following reports the Thai government planned to deport the group to China.

BANGKOK: Thailand, China may set up special centre to combatThailand and China are considering joining hands to set up a special centre to deal with human trafficking issues after a Chinese delegate paid a visit to the Thai-Myanmar border,

The Thai leader says that the discussions with Xi Jinping will focus on online scamming operations, tourism, and air pollution.

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports.

By 2030, the US$13 billion Thai network is expected to connect to the Laos-China high-speed railway via a bridge over the Mekong River.

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people in phone and online scams.

Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved – and how Indians became its targets.

From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and Taipei, hundreds of millions of people across Asia celebrated the Lunar New Year, ushering in the Year of the Snake.

Experts say the law has a chilling effect and has led to the detention, prosecution and punishment of more than 270 people since 2020.