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Labor and migrant rights groups press for legislation on labor

Civil organizations concerned with basic human rights for migrants have called on the government to move forward with its deliberations on the Forced Labor Protection and Eradication Act draft, to ensure greater care for laborers in the future. Keep reading ...

Suwit Rattiwan

Techsauce: Startups move to deeper waters

Thailand’s startup industry is moving forward to deep technology, where more advanced technologies and innovations are applied, says media content provider Techsauce. These innovative technologies include the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, quantum computing, nuclear or renewable energy technology, space technology and ...

Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk

Limiting universal healthcare to those who earn less than Bt100,000 unfair, says activist

A PROMINENT health activist yesterday attacked the government over reports that it plans to provide free medical service under the universal healthcare scheme to only those earning less than Bt100,000 a year.This idea made the headlines earlier this week, causing widespread concern. The scheme currently ...

Chularat Saengpassa

Growing interest from China in Thailand’s EEC

There has been a steady stream of Chinese delegations coming to Thailand to look at business opportunities, particularly in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Most recently a group of high-ranking Chinese officials and executives met with Thai counterparts at the 6th meeting of the Joint Committee ...

Suwatchai Songwanich

Forced labour ‘widespread’

Workers in Thailand remain vulnerable to becoming victims of forced labour, labour rights activists said yesterday, as they urged authorities to pass the Prevention and Eradication of Forced Labour Bill to provide more inclusive protection for their workforce.While migrant workers in fisheries and agricultural sectors ...

Pratch Rujivanarom

UN climate talks ‘flawed’, could sabotage efforts

An undemocratic and unfair negotiation mechanism in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will eventually lead to the failure of the landmark Paris Agreement, civic groups said yesterday.As the UNFCCC opens a meeting on climate change in Bangkok today to finalise the ...

Pratch Rujivanarom

Making transparent concessions

September marks a series of seismic auctions that will determine whether Thailand’s business realm will continue to be dominated by the same old oligarchs or if newcomers with big bucks could shake up the monopolistic arena. The terms of reference (ToR) for the 200-billion-baht high-speed ...

Climate push comes to Bangkok

Though Thailand has made impressive progress on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it still faces many challenges and the large implementation gap on the global scale remains to be solved.  These facts have surfaced as Bangkok prepares to host the United Nations Framework Convention on ...

Pratch Rujivanarom

Victims of dengue already pass 50,000 this year

Thailand health officials say the number of people requiring treatment for dengue fever has already topped the 50,000 mark in the first eight months of 2018.According to the Ministry of Health’s Bureau of Epidemiology, a total of 50,079 cases have been reported from the 77 ...

Brainstorming Workshop "Towards an APEC Green Road: Promoting Responsible and Sustainable Tourism in MSMEs"

The Department of International Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, in collaboration with the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion (OSMEP) and the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA), is co-organising a Brainstorming Workshop towards an APEC Green Road: Promoting Responsible ...

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