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Employers and migrant workers have paid more than Bt15 million in fines for illegal employment over the past six months.From July 1, 2018 to January 2 this year, the authorities imposed fines worth Bt5.3 million on employers for hiring illegal migrants, while workers without the ...

Thailand’s labour market will stagger under the weight of its growing elderly population if it does not come up with practical solutions soon.At present, more than 16 percent of Thais are over 60 years old – the mandatory retirement age for civil servants and soldiers. ...

Amid an escalating trade war marked by tariffs and counter-tariffs on exports, the United States and China are in the midst of a 90-day ceasefire to allow both sides to negotiate.  As a leading Asean economy, Thailand faces both challenges and opportunities from the trade ...

Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha yesterday insisted that the road map for national elections remain unaltered, dismissing suggestions that the junta will postpone the poll in light of the King’s coronation ceremony. This idea was floated by ultra royalists Arthit Ourairat and Chulcherm Yugala yesterday, who ...

The public is being urged to keep a close eye on every detail in the legalisation of medical marijuana, so that big pharmaceutical firms can be stopped from monopolising the market and putting patients at a disadvantage. In the past few months, there have been ...

It is not a 100 per cent certain that the Life Partnership Bill will become law this year and even if it does pass the legislation process and is finally enforced, there is no guarantee that it will give equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.Keep ...

Can Thailand handle the upcoming general election and also chair Asean in the same year? This was a question posed by Asean colleagues last year to Thai officials during a meeting of the 10-member bloc, suggesting a lack of confidence in the Kingdom’s ability to carry ...

The digital transformation in Thailand is expected to attain macroeconomic scale and impact in 2019 and beyond as organisations accelerate their transformation to become a “Digital Native Enterprise”, says Phanchanok Vanichsangsopon, associate market analyst from IDC Research (Thailand).Keep reading ...

In a push for digital transformation within the Asean region, member countries will join forces to implement the Asean Single Window (ASW) for all 10 nations in the trade bloc by the end of next year . Keep reading ...

The age of neo-populism has emerged in Thailand, with at least four political parties vying on state-welfare-cum-populist platforms in the next general election scheduled for February 24. Phalang Pracharat Party, whose leaders are members of the outgoing Prayut Cabinet, is the front-runner on this platform ...