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UK arrests hundreds in clampdown on illegal delivery rider work
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/08/2025
» LONDON — The United Kingdom (UK) arrested hundreds of people in a clampdown on migrants working illegally as drivers for delivery firms, as part of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s push to stem the flow of irregular immigration.
Former political prisoner Somyot laments harsh reality of ride-hailing work
Online Reporters, Published on 21/07/2025
» Labour activist and former political prisoner Somyot Pruksakasemsuk has reignited debate about gig-worker exploitation, revealing that he earned just 320 baht from a full day working as a ride-hail driver.
Battling the big apps
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 01/07/2025
» In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, an application called Tam Sang Tam Song (On Demand Delivery) was launched by the Thai Health Promotion Foundation in collaboration with the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. The app was developed to assist motorbike taxi drivers and local restaurants through economic difficulties caused by lockdowns. As a pilot app, it was tested in Ladprao Soi 101 in Bangkok, Betong and Yala and received positive feedback.
Virus outruns policy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/05/2025
» Re: "Covid-19 cases top 53,500 a week, Bangkok most infected", (BP, May 26).
Late-night passenger's behaviour rattles ride-hail driver
Online Reporters, Published on 28/05/2025
» A motorbike-hail driver has shared his unnerving experience with a late-night passenger who kept directing him to go into dark backstreets.
Robinhood and Foodpanda Thailand announce ‘strategic redirection’
Published on 20/05/2025
» Robinhood, the Thai-born food delivery platform operated by Purple Ventures Co Ltd, a subsidiary of the Yip In Tsoi Group, has announced a strategic redirection agreement with Foodpanda Thailand, part of Germany-based Delivery Hero.
Line Man offers English and stickers for expats, tourists
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 15/05/2025
» Experience Thai cuisine effortlessly like a local as Thailand's No.1 food delivery app Line Man offers automatic English translation and chat stickers, making it easier for expats and tourists to discover authentic Thai flavours across 77 provinces without needing a Thai keyboard.
Robinhood and Foodpanda eye tie-up
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 02/05/2025
» Yip In Tsoi, the operator of the food delivery platform Robinhood, is in discussions with Delivery Hero, the parent of Foodpanda, over potential collaboration models, though not for an acquisition.
Platform riders 'deserve better benefits'
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 02/05/2025
» A Thammasat University academic says that digital platform riders should be categorised as company employees under the social security law, and not a type of informal worker with limited access to basic work benefits.
No to Land Bridge
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/04/2025
» Re: "Govt presses ahead with Land Bridge", (BP, April 26).