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No pause for food delivery riders during Pakistan's monsoon
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» LAHORE — Abdullah Abbas waded through Lahore's flooded streets, struggling to push his motorcycle and deliver a food order on time.
Push for bill to protect freelancers
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 19/09/2025
» The Klatham Party is pushing for a bill to promote legal and welfare protection for more than 20 million freelance workers nationwide.
YouTube Shopping, Shopee tie-up thriving
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 21/08/2025
» Thailand's e-commerce sector continues to grow due to intensifying market competition, fuelled by rising video commerce and competition in providing faster delivery times.
CP All Advances Human-Centred Sustainability at GCNT Expo
Published on 18/08/2025
» At GCNT Expo 2025, CP All Public Company Limited, operator of 7-Eleven and 7-Delivery under Charoen Pokphand Group and a dedicated member of Global Compact Network Thailand (GCNT), unveiled its bold sustainability strategy aimed at accelerating collective progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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.