Thailand was hit by a freak storm that killed at least three people and capsized a dozen fishing boats. Over 100 others who were also at sea have been accounted for.

A few days later, Prum was sold onto a Thai fishing boat the length of a basketball court, where he worked in tight conditions with 10 men. He says he didn't reach land again for three years.

ST. PAUL -- A Minneapolis-based refugee group has distributed 360 boats in Thailand almost a year after the Dec. 26 tsunami killed at least 216,000 people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes.

According to a Thai media report, which cited local authorities, the Thai fishing boats were fishing around 20 kilometers west of Koh Phayam at the time that they were approached by the Myanmar Navy.

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 injured and ...

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 ...

The Thai navy acknowledged that Thai fishing boats had been in Myanmar’s waters, but raised questions about the use of disproportionate force by Myanmar. Get the Breaking News newsletter!

Thai fishing boat owners who trap workers on board ships and withhold wages often do not realize that is modern slavery, so authorities must ramp up their policing efforts, advocates say.

Vannak Prum of Cambodia was sold onto a Thai fishing boat where he was forced to work in miserable conditions for three years before escaping. Thailand's huge fishing industry is coming under ...

Myanmar's navy opened fire on a group of Thai fishing vessels on Saturday, causing one fisherman to drown, and detained 31 crew members from one of the boats, a spokesperson for Thailand's Defence ...