Online fraud cost Thailand US$1.76 billion in 2024, report reveals
A recent report highlighting these alarming figures has prompted a national seminar aimed at bolstering media literacy and fact-checking initiatives to combat the escalating…
Crime
South Korea admitted flawed adoption practices; adoptees call it ’empty’ gesture
On March 26, a government-appointed body found that adoption agencies routinely falsified documents, including recording children with living parents as "orphans" and even…
Punjab Police bust cross-border drug smuggling racket, one held with 3.5 kg heroin
The arrested accused has been identified as Sukhdev Singh alias Sukhi, a resident of Mohan Ke Uttar in Ferozepur. Apart from recovering heroin, police teams have impounded the…
Illegal fishing practices hurting Cambodia’s Tonle Sap fisheries
Local and national authorities are urging residents around the Tonle Sap Lake to end the use of illegal fishing gear and instead use temporarily approved equipment while awaiting…
Chinese nationals working illegally deported from Mongolia
15 of them had entered Mongolia on tourist or K2-category electronic visas, while five had used visa-free border travel permits. Authorities determined that they were engaged in…
5 of a family killed, 3 injured as jeep plunges into ravine in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: officials
According to the Alpuri Station House Officer, two of them succumbed to their injuries on the way to the hospital.
Heroin smuggling racket busted near India-Myanmar border; 3 arrested
This bust is part of an ongoing effort to curb the trafficking of illegal drugs along the India-Myanmar border, a route frequently exploited by smugglers.
Human trafficking cases in Cambodia surge in 2024, deportation of offenders doubles
In addition to Cambodian citizens falling victim to trafficking abroad, people from inside and outside the region have flowed into the Kingdom, both legally and illegally,…
Prominent titled personalities in Penang, Kedah and Kuala Lumpur hauled up in probe
Two Penang-based lawyers, both with the Datuk title, were hauled up over the weekend. It is understood that several stock transaction and real estate documents and files were…
Japanese court wary of future harm from Unification Church, deems illegal donations were systemic, prolonged
Since the Religious Corporations Law emphasises such words as “clearly” and “substantially,” legal experts felt the hurdle was high for the damage to be recognised. To…