After two years toiling without pay on a Thai fishing boat, Sai Ko Ko fell ill. “[The captain] verbally abused me but I was so sick I couldn’t work,” recalls the 21-year-old. “He knocked me down, ...

Thai lawmakers are discussing fisheries reforms that observers say risk undoing eight years of hard-won progress on human rights and ocean protection. Many of the proposed changes would amend reforms ...

Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood producer Thai Union Group is aiming for 50 percent of the shrimp- and tuna-fishing vessels it works with to have Wi-Fi capabilities onboard by the end of 2026 and ...

A report from the International Labor Organization details "deceptive and coercive" labor practices — and even forced labor within the industry.... If you eat fish on a regular basis, chances are some ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand protested an incident involving Myanmar's navy firing on Thai fishing vessels, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Sunday, after one fisherman drowned, two were ...

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, file photo, Thai navy officers check the crew of a fishing boat in the waters off the coast of Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Thai fishing boats blocked from Indonesian ...

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BANGKOK (AP) — An environmental and human rights group charged Tuesday that Thailand is not adequately addressing severe abuse against Myanmar migrant workers in the Thai fishing industry. The British ...

which revealed long lines of coral bleaching inside a protected area (SOUNDBITE) (Thai) VOLUNTEER DIVER, CHANCHOT PIRIYASATIT, SAYING: "The fishing net that was over the coral reef created complex ...

Fishing workers, through the very nature of their work, are especially vulnerable to human trafficking as well as forced, bonded and slave labour, operating as they do in isolated and hazardous ...

(Bangkok) – The Thai government has failed to address widespread labor rights abuses in Thailand’s fishing fleets, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to senior European Union officials. Human ...