Thai Archives - Career Meaning

Asia-based criminal network cons Thai woman in US out of $300,000

·April 23, 2025·2 min read

Wannapa Suprasert received a call from scammers who drew her into an elaborate false narrative involving identity theft, an international police investigation and the threat of a criminal trial. She was told that she and family members could face jail time: “They made a threat that they would be tapping...

Northern Thai communities put nature before profit

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·April 9, 2025·2 min read

The Indigenous Karen people and the Thai Lanna community of Thailand are concerned about plans to divert and dam the Yuam river and its branches, which could undo years of careful stewardship. Members of both communities spoke to a team from UN University ahead of the release of the 2025 Interconnected Disaster...

First Person: Thai teenage drop-out turns peer educator

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·July 11, 2023·3 min read

Ahead of World Population Day, marked annually on 11 July, Chompunuch Maneechat, known as Baitoey, spoke with UN News about the importance of young people seizing every opportunity to improve themselves and contribute to society with meaningful work. “I left school in my hometown, Phrae, when I was 15 years old...

First Person: A Thai police trainer’s ‘passion’ for fighting the SE Asia drug trade

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·July 2, 2023·4 min read

The trainee police officers are part of a network of law enforcement specialists in Thailand, but also across the region, who are cooperating across borders to stem trafficking operations by international crime syndicates. They are collaborating under the border liaison office (BLO) network, supported by the UN Office on Drugs...