Thailand’s new Lease law came into effect on May 1, 208. The law is intended to expand protections for renters. Some of the practices that the new law will prohibit are demanding multiple months of […]
Filipino President Rodrigo Duerte has ordered for the closure of one of Philippine’s most popular tourist destinations. Boracay Island brings in about 2 million tourists annually and generates about $1 billion from the tourism industry. However, […]
On Wednesday, German authorities reported carrying out the biggest raid in their history of an organized crime ring that trafficked women and Trans women from Thailand for prostitution. Alexander Badle, from Frankfurt’s prosecutor’s office said […]
A Texas appeals court has ruled the Relationship Privacy Act as too vague and that it violates the First Amendment rights of third party people who are not the original parties in the relationship. The Relationship […]
President Trump signed the SESTA law on Wednesday, making websites liable for “user’s speech” in the context to fight human trafficking. The new law has received widespread criticism from advocacy groups. The legislation has already […]
Thailand’s state-of-the-art, multi-million dollar weed farm ran by the government is on track to have 2,500 bottles of medical cannabis ready for distribution. The move comes after Thailand legalized medical marijuana in March. The 140 […]
In a historic vote last week, Taiwan became the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriages. Now in Taiwan, same-sex couples who marry will officially have the same tax, health care, and child care rights […]
After intense backlash from the international community, the government of Brunei has stated that it will not stone to death those convicted of gay sex. Stoning to death for gay sex, adultery, and rape was […]
A US court recently gave the okay to a defamation lawsuit filed against Elon Musk by one of the rescue divers who heroically helped save the youth soccer team trapped in a cave in Northern […]
The governor of Georgia signed a bill last week that would make medical marijuana legal in the state. Before the new medical marijuana bill was codified, a law in 2015 allowed the use of low-level […]
The construction company behind the building of a Bitcoin-funded seastead off the coast of Phuket, Thailand has threatened to sue the Thai government in an international court if they follow through on their promise to […]
Just today, new Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said that his country would repeal its anti-fake news law and publicly denounced Singapore’s proposed fake news legislation. The Singaporean parliament recently pushed forward a […]
The Tobacco Authority of Thailand (TOAT) and the Government Pharmaceutical Agency (GPO) have positioned themselves as the key winners when it comes to the monetization of legal medical marijuana in Thailand. The TOAT and GPO […]
The European Union’s parliament voted to pass a new, largescale copyright directive, which promises to bring the member state’s copyright laws up to speed with the Digital Age. The EU’s Copyright in the Digital Single Market […]
In a blow to due process, the US Supreme Court ruled that authorities have the right to indefinitely detain illegal immigrants without bail who have a criminal past–even long after they have served their sentence. […]
