Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as fears over human trafficking reverberate across the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump still plans to make good on his promise to issue tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.

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.

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

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,

Thailand has strongly denied allegations of mistreatment against She Zhijiang, a gambling tycoon detained in Bangkok and currently fighting extradition to China. She, accused of operating illegal online gambling networks across Southeast Asia, claims the charges are politically motivated and alleges inhumane treatment in Thai custody.

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.

Carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) pulled into Laem Chabang, Thailand, on Monday for a port visit after three weeks of operating in the South China Sea. Meanwhile, the French Carrier Strike Group is operating in the Bali Sea after wrapping up the French Navy-led multinational exercise La Perouse 25 exercise on Friday.

In a significant move to combat transnational crime, Thai and Chinese authorities met at the Royal Thai Police Headquarters on January 28, 2025, to strengthen their collaborative efforts against call

The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's Xinjiang province. She and the children were allowed to leave Thailand a year later. But her husband remained in detention, along with 47 other Uyghur men. Niluper – not her real name – now fears she and her children may never see him again.

The AP’s vast network of sources and collaborative reporting led to the first report on detained Uyghurs in Thailand who face deportation and persecution

Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, was China's main supplier of liquid sugar last year with shipments of more than 1.2 million metric tons, according to supply chain services company Czarnikow. In December, China suspended imports of Thai ...