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Right qualifications, wrong colour skin
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 04/10/2015
» When Lyndsay Cabildo booked her ticket to Thailand in 2012, she had been promised 2,000 baht per day to work as a part-time English teacher supplying cover to schools around the country.
Webster's degrees of disappointment
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/05/2015
» Petcharat Saksirivetkul was relieved to be among the 70 seniors who graduated from Webster University Thailand (WUT) two weeks ago. It almost didn’t happen.
Rights activist says criminal case will test military's foreign labour promises
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» At noon sharp last Wednesday, British migrant worker and rights activist Andy Hall pleaded not guilty through an interpreter in front of two judges at the Phra Khanong Court. In his first formal appearance before a Thai court in the fourth and latest criminal charge laid against him by a pineapple juice maker, he looked surprisingly calm.
Manop happy to return to his roots
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 24/02/2014
» When Manop Kaewkoi quit his job and returned to the family homestead in Surin province to grow and start selling organic rice two years ago, his mother was greatly upset because she did not want her son to end up a poor farmer like the rest of the family. She even refused to accept any money from him.
Seafood firms pledge end to child labour
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/09/2013
» Over 100 seafood companies have agreed to eliminate unacceptable forms of child labour, but human rights experts say the problem, as well as forced labour, has remained a concern.
Toray places B17bn bet on carbon fibre
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 21/03/2013
» Japan's Toray Industries, the integrated chemicals group, is spending 17 billion baht in Thailand to double sales revenue here by 2020.
Stiglitz: Wrong innovations caused downturn
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/03/2013
» Many of the innovations that led to productivity increases in manufacturing ended up playing a role in the economic downturn that began in 2008, says economist Jopseph Stiglitz.
Slow growth in industrial GDP, jobs
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 28/12/2012
» Gross domestic product (GDP) for the industrial sector is projected to grow at a slower pace in 2013 than this year's estimate of 5.5% to 6.5% amid the global economic slowdown, says the Office of Industrial Economics (OIE).
US parts supplier makes Thailand its Asean hub
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 03/07/2012
» Dana Holding Corporation, a global supplier of automotive parts, is making Thailand its Asean hub as it focuses on growing its business in the region, says Robert Pyle, the president of Dana Asia-Pacific.