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Delivering justice to food deliverers
News, Published on 24/05/2023
» Motorcycle riders in bright jackets weaving through traffic to deliver meals to their customers are a common sight on city streets. They are the workhorses of Thailand's booming gig economy. Yet they work without any basic labour rights or protection.
Inclusivity vital to businesses' lasting survival
News, Published on 24/04/2023
» When car maker Henry Ford said these famous words "A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business" many years ago, he meant companies have a larger role in society beyond making profit. Fast forward to the 21st century and we are living in times where businesses that make nothing but money are out of business.
Malaysia probes abuse of migrant workers
Published on 20/04/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having paid steep fees to get employment, officials and rights groups said.
Steps towards a better future
News, Published on 17/04/2023
» What will Thailand's future look like? Next year, the UN hosts its Summit of the Future, a chance to examine global progress in an age of technological, climatic and geopolitical upheaval.
Cambodia and the rise of a small power
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 11/04/2023
» For Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, timing is everything. Therefore, it was not surprising that the world's longest-serving leader signalled recently that he would step down from politics. Unbelievable, right? He used to say he would remain in power until he was 90. If it had not come directly from him, nobody would have believed a word. His carefully calibrated decision comes at a critical time due to current domestic and external conditions and their likely long-term repercussions.
Uighurs' plight a lesson for govt
News, Editorial, Published on 09/04/2023
» The case of 63 members of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church who were arrested for overstaying visas in Pattaya last week brings back memories of the notorious repatriation of another group of Uighur refugees back to China in 2014.
Ministry of Labour announces results of purge of migrant workers snatching Thai jobs in fiscal year 2023
Published on 29/03/2023
» More than 200,000 cases were examined and 1,550 offenders were found, 883 of which were offenders who snatched 883 positions in Thai professions.
Righting the wrongs of development
News, Vitit Muntarbhorn, Published on 27/03/2023
» A key issue with which the world community has had to grapple since the end of the Second World War is that of "development", especially from the angle of national and international measures to ensure responsiveness to the rights and needs of the peoples of the land, without discrimination and violence, and to overcome historical and other injustices.
Pheu Thai eyes economic posts
News, Published on 27/03/2023
» The Pheu Thai Party has vowed to take charge of all ministries that handle economic affairs to carry out its campaign policies if it is elected to lead the government after the next election.
Hong Kong asylum seekers fear deportation under tightened policy
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» HONG KONG: After more than five years navigating the bureaucratic maze of Hong Kong's asylum system, John faces a new fear: deportation under a recently amended "removal policy".