Sally Jensen Cusicahua
@sljnsn.bsky.social
Southeast Asia corro for AFP 🖋 Climate Fresk card-dealrr 🙌🏼 Peruana-bri'ish, 348ppm.
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Didn't think too much of Thailand's "mountains" until I went up Doi Luang Chiang Dao
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The riverside city awash with crime.
Laos' Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a centre for money laundering, trafficking and online finance and romance scams, a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of abating, warn international authorities and analysts
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Laos' Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a centre for money laundering, trafficking and online finance and romance scams, a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of abating, warn international authorities and analysts
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July 14, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The riverside city awash with crime.
Laos' Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a centre for money laundering, trafficking and online finance and romance scams, a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of abating, warn international authorities and analysts
u.afp.com/SYTq
Laos' Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has become a centre for money laundering, trafficking and online finance and romance scams, a multibillion-dollar industry that shows no signs of abating, warn international authorities and analysts
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We went to see how Thailand is breeding and releasing vulnerable sambar deer for wild tigers to eat! 🐯🦌 (I did have weird feelings about this one but apparently most of the deer don't get gobbled up 🙏🏼) with @junewatsamon.bsky.social 🎥 @thelilyfish.bsky.social 📸
Thailand credits release of deer for 'extraordinary' tiger recovery.
The wild tiger population in Thailand's Western Forest Complex has increased almost fivefold in the last 15 years from about 40 in 2007 to between 179 and 223 last year
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The wild tiger population in Thailand's Western Forest Complex has increased almost fivefold in the last 15 years from about 40 in 2007 to between 179 and 223 last year
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June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
We went to see how Thailand is breeding and releasing vulnerable sambar deer for wild tigers to eat! 🐯🦌 (I did have weird feelings about this one but apparently most of the deer don't get gobbled up 🙏🏼) with @junewatsamon.bsky.social 🎥 @thelilyfish.bsky.social 📸
Fingers are pointed squarely at new Chinese-operated mines in militia-held areas upstream in conflict-wracked Myanmar in what some call Thailand's "largest-ever case of transboundary pollution". Environment, conflict, China -- all the elements I love geeking out on in one story.
Toxic waste from a sprawling unlicensed mine in conflict-wracked Myanmar is washing into rivers across the border, officials in Thailand warn, with abnormally high arsenic levels detected
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June 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Fingers are pointed squarely at new Chinese-operated mines in militia-held areas upstream in conflict-wracked Myanmar in what some call Thailand's "largest-ever case of transboundary pollution". Environment, conflict, China -- all the elements I love geeking out on in one story.
My latest story about a somewhat sketchy city that has benefited immensely from Chinese investment over the years -- and despite concerns over empty buildings, is doubling down on construction
Cambodia's Chinese casino city bets big on Beijing
Cambodia's Chinese casino city bets big on Beijing
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia: Once a collection of sleepy fishing villages, vast Chinese investments have transformed Cambodia's Sihanoukville into a half-finished gambling resort with signs everywhere in Mandarin. China is the largest investor and trading partner in Cambodia, much of it directed towards the Gu
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April 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
My latest story about a somewhat sketchy city that has benefited immensely from Chinese investment over the years -- and despite concerns over empty buildings, is doubling down on construction
Thailand's foreign ministry said they'll be sending 1,500 people home per week, as thousands of foreigners remain in limbo in makeshift encampments on the Myanmar side of the border.
Thailand repatriates hundreds more Chinese scam centre workers
Thailand repatriates hundreds more Chinese scam centre workers
BANGKOK: Hundreds of Chinese nationals freed from Myanmar online scam centres flew home through Thailand on Thursday (Mar 6), as the kingdom said it aimed to repatriate 1,500 such workers a week. Thailand, Myanmar and China have been making efforts in…
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March 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Thailand's foreign ministry said they'll be sending 1,500 people home per week, as thousands of foreigners remain in limbo in makeshift encampments on the Myanmar side of the border.
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Thailand has deported dozens of Uyghurs to China despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations.
https://u.afp.com/SJjZ
https://u.afp.com/SJjZ
February 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Thailand has deported dozens of Uyghurs to China despite warnings from human rights groups that they would face persecution on their return, drawing swift condemnation from the United Nations.
https://u.afp.com/SJjZ
https://u.afp.com/SJjZ
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'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
MYAWADDY: Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night. They are among some 7,000 people from more than two…
www.channelnewsasia.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
'Escaping hell': Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
My Q&A for @afpnews.bsky.social :
'China building a “web of police influence that extends across the region” could lead to extraditions of human rights defenders and Uyghurs,'
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/so...
'China building a “web of police influence that extends across the region” could lead to extraditions of human rights defenders and Uyghurs,'
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/so...
Southeast Asia's Latest Scam Center Crackdown
Why is the crackdown is happening now, and what are the broader implications for relations between Myanmar, China, and Thailand?
www.irrawaddy.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My Q&A for @afpnews.bsky.social :
'China building a “web of police influence that extends across the region” could lead to extraditions of human rights defenders and Uyghurs,'
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/so...
'China building a “web of police influence that extends across the region” could lead to extraditions of human rights defenders and Uyghurs,'
www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/so...
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“DOGE has targeted a shocking sweep of basic government services with an unprecedented level of slash-and-burn nihilism. There’s no considered plan, just careless mass destruction — and Musk’s desire to control everything, whatever the risks.” www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...
Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades
There’s no considered plan, just careless mass destruction.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“DOGE has targeted a shocking sweep of basic government services with an unprecedented level of slash-and-burn nihilism. There’s no considered plan, just careless mass destruction — and Musk’s desire to control everything, whatever the risks.” www.theverge.com/elon-musk/61...
With @afpnews.bsky.social colleagues reporting from Mae Sot border as the first batch of Chinese alleged scam centre workers are extracted from Myanmar and sent back to China via Thailand www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/m...
Myanmar Returns First Batch of Chinese Scam Workers to Thailand
Some 600 Chinese will be flown from Mae Sot to China on 16 flights in the next three days. Karen State’s BGF militia said it plans to deport 10,000 Chinese in total.
www.irrawaddy.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
With @afpnews.bsky.social colleagues reporting from Mae Sot border as the first batch of Chinese alleged scam centre workers are extracted from Myanmar and sent back to China via Thailand www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/m...
Public Security Assistant Minister Liu Zhongyi 刘忠义 did not answer journalists’ questions as he took a one-day tour around the Mae Sot-Myawaddy frontier crossings where cross-border crime has proliferated.
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Chinese minister meets Myanmar scam center workers
A Chinese government minister met more than 1,000 alleged scam centre workers on the Thailand-Myanmar border on Monday, Thai media said, as the three countries vowed to crack down on the illicit compo...
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February 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Public Security Assistant Minister Liu Zhongyi 刘忠义 did not answer journalists’ questions as he took a one-day tour around the Mae Sot-Myawaddy frontier crossings where cross-border crime has proliferated.
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Story with @afpnews.bsky.social : Myanmar's Karen BGF militia says it's going to deport 500 alleged scam centre workers per day from notorious Shwe Kokko, Thai media says local border security is preparing to receive them
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Myanmar militia says ready to deport 10,000 cyber scam workers
Scam centres have mushroomed in Myanmar and are staffed by foreigners who are often trafficked. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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February 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Story with @afpnews.bsky.social : Myanmar's Karen BGF militia says it's going to deport 500 alleged scam centre workers per day from notorious Shwe Kokko, Thai media says local border security is preparing to receive them
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
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Thailand has deported 10 Chinese nationals linked to the case of an actor allegedly trafficked to a scam centre in Myanmar, Thai police said on Saturday.
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Thailand deports 10 Chinese nationals linked to actor scam case
Thailand has deported 10 Chinese nationals linked to the case of an actor allegedly trafficked to a scam centre in Myanmar, Thai police said on Saturday.
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February 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Thailand has deported 10 Chinese nationals linked to the case of an actor allegedly trafficked to a scam centre in Myanmar, Thai police said on Saturday.
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I spoke to a few of the 260 released scam centre workers at the Thai-Myanmar border who told me of the living nightmare they had barely survived.
"So many people were beaten to death... it was so bloody," said Liu, one of ten Chinese nationals rescued.
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"So many people were beaten to death... it was so bloody," said Liu, one of ten Chinese nationals rescued.
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Scam centre survivors tell of beatings, abuse in Myanmar
At a scam compound in Myanmar, Filipina worker Pieta had just days to romance strangers online and trick them into investing in a fake business -- failing which she would be beaten or tortured with el...
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February 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I spoke to a few of the 260 released scam centre workers at the Thai-Myanmar border who told me of the living nightmare they had barely survived.
"So many people were beaten to death... it was so bloody," said Liu, one of ten Chinese nationals rescued.
sg.news.yahoo.com/scam-centre-...
"So many people were beaten to death... it was so bloody," said Liu, one of ten Chinese nationals rescued.
sg.news.yahoo.com/scam-centre-...
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"Writing is a muscle that needs to be worked on. Relying on AI to help you write is like tying your Fitbit to the dog."
Such a good take on AI in the field of writing. Thank you @richardglover1.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...
AI can do many things. But it won’t help you with this
The writing’s on the wall: AI is trying to deskill me, but I won’t let it.
www.smh.com.au
February 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"Writing is a muscle that needs to be worked on. Relying on AI to help you write is like tying your Fitbit to the dog."
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Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-electricity-power-outages-solar-four-years-coup-junta-4911236
Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup
The country is experiencing worsening outages. Average daily electricity production has plummeted to 2,200 MW, with only half of that being distributed.
www.channelnewsasia.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Seeking light in dark times four years after Myanmar coup - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/myanmar-electricity-power-outages-solar-four-years-coup-junta-4911236
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Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand.
https://u.afp.com/SZu7
https://u.afp.com/SZu7
January 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Four years after Myanmar's military seized power in a coup, the country is in the grip of a bloody civil war that has driven many of the country's young across the border to Thailand.
https://u.afp.com/SZu7
https://u.afp.com/SZu7
I'm biased but there's something inherently comforting about a city flanked by mountains
February 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm biased but there's something inherently comforting about a city flanked by mountains
Anecdotal and in the Daily Fail but not beyond belief:
"The elephant in the room is climate change... some of the uber wealthy people fitting into the first group were saying that those in third world countries 'might all die but us in the North, we're fine'." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"The elephant in the room is climate change... some of the uber wealthy people fitting into the first group were saying that those in third world countries 'might all die but us in the North, we're fine'." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
What the global elite reveal to Davos sex workers
EXCLUSIVE: Salome Balthus, 40, is a high-end escort and author from Berlin who has travelled to Davos, Switzerland, to meet up with clients during the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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January 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Anecdotal and in the Daily Fail but not beyond belief:
"The elephant in the room is climate change... some of the uber wealthy people fitting into the first group were saying that those in third world countries 'might all die but us in the North, we're fine'." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
"The elephant in the room is climate change... some of the uber wealthy people fitting into the first group were saying that those in third world countries 'might all die but us in the North, we're fine'." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent…
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January 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
Weenarin Lulitanonda, co-founder of Thailand CAN, accused the energy firms who donate the dry ice - solidified CO2 - of "using cilantro to garnish their dish".
... cilantro-washing by any other name 😷 my story for @afpnews.bsky.social
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... cilantro-washing by any other name 😷 my story for @afpnews.bsky.social
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Thailand's Royal Rainmakers trial 'cloud seeding' to combat air pollution
It's a method that's largely unproven, but Thailand's government is willing to try anything after air pollution in the capital reached eight times the daily maximum average recommended by the WHO.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Weenarin Lulitanonda, co-founder of Thailand CAN, accused the energy firms who donate the dry ice - solidified CO2 - of "using cilantro to garnish their dish".
... cilantro-washing by any other name 😷 my story for @afpnews.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
... cilantro-washing by any other name 😷 my story for @afpnews.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
So honored to cover such a historic day with brilliant colleagues at @afpnews.bsky.social
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality
👬 Pionnière en Asie du Sud-Est, la Thaïlande a célébré jeudi ses premiers mariages LGBT+, aboutissement d'un combat de plusieurs années. La nouvelle loi, promulguée en septembre, confère aux couples homosexuels les mêmes droits en matière d'héritage ou d'adoption qu'aux couples hétérosexuels #AFP
January 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So honored to cover such a historic day with brilliant colleagues at @afpnews.bsky.social
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality
Thailand becomes the first country in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality
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Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
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January 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Hundreds of LGBTQ couples are set to marry in Thailand on Thursday, as the kingdom becomes the biggest nation in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage
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u.afp.com/SkYj
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Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-denies-plans-send-48-ughyur-back-china-4889091
Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China
BANGKOK: Thai authorities denied on Wednesday (Jan 22) there was an immediate plan to send back to China 48 Uyghurs held in the country's detention centres, after UN experts warned the group could face torture if they return. The Uyghurs fled China – which has been accused of grave human rights abus
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January 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Thailand denies plans to send 48 Uyghurs back to China - https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/thailand-denies-plans-send-48-ughyur-back-china-4889091