Rights groups say the country has seen a spike in criminal charges and police probes targeting government critics since an unelected coalition took power in March.
Wanchalearm Satsaksit is the ninth Thai activist in exile to have gone missing in a nearby country since a 2014 military coup.
But the countries still suffered some of the heaviest losses of primary forest in the world last year. Cambodia and Laos, which also made the global top 10, saw the largest spikes in the region.
Lockdown rules have put the brakes on a billion-dollar business.
Singapore's brimming dormitories for migrant workers have sparked a wave of infections; Malaysia fears its own migrant dorms and hostels may do the same.
Authorities say the raid on the downtown neighborhood of Masjid India, home to many migrant workers, yielded nearly 600 people staying in the country illegally.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Oct. 25 Thailand had "yet to take steps to provide internationally recognized worker rights in a number of important areas," six years after U.S. unions raised the issue.
Malaysian glove makers warned last month of a global shortage because of the lockdown.
Parliament is not due to reconvene until May 18, after Muhyiddin postponed the original March 9 start date to give himself time to shore up support in case of a no-confidence vote.
They warn that faulty figures may breed a false sense of security and help the virus causing the deadly disease to spread.
Rubber glove makers in Malaysia, the world’s top supplier of medical gloves, are warning of a global shortage owing to the government’s partial lockdown of the country, just as coronavirus-driven demand is soaring worldwide.
Crucially, health workers have joined with police for the urgent detective work of tracking down anyone a carrier has been in contact with.
Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the gap between rich and poor in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.
The decision is expected to boost the pro-military government's edge in the national assembly, where it has been struggling with a meager majority.
Rights groups and researchers have welcomed Thailand's decision to cancel a Beijing-backed project to dredge and blow open a shallow and rocky stretch of the Mekong River along the Thai-Lao border.
Families facing imminent eviction to make way for Luang Prabang dam say authorities have promised to make them whole for their losses but few believe it
Malaysia is edging toward new deal with Dhaka to lift a ban imposed on migrant workers from Bangladesh more than a year ago over concerns that recruitment agencies were driving them into forced labor
Laos dismisses fears that its next hydropower dam on Mekong River would devastate downstream communities after neighboring countries and rights groups raised their doubts at regional forum in the capital last week
ASEAN, China and five other countries are expected to show strong progress toward finalizing a free trade deal that would cover 45 percent of the world's population
Having approved the dam, Laos will listen to feedback on its plans for the next six months; critics say it won't make a difference
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