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Foreign worker crackdown: Small mom & pop businesses suffering
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/07/2017
» Big corporate hotels & restaurant chains want the small cheap mom & pop restaurants & guesthouses licensed or shut down.
Longer stay for migrant workers proposed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/02/2016
» Currently 1.4 million workers from Myanmar, Cambodia & Laos in line waiting for a nationality check with with 1.5 million illegal foreign workers in Thailand.
2,000 boat people swim ashore in Malaysia & Indonesia
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/05/2015
» Smugglers redirect to Malaysia & Indonesia as Thailand cracks down on human-smuggling after discovery of mass graves.
What's new in business news: September 17, 2014
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/09/2014
» Prisons to get skills-training programs, 7-years to repay Yingluck rice scheme debt & forced labor fuels Malaysian export electronics sector.
Migrant workers: System doesn't work
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2013
» Current system for migrant worker health & passports has failed, punishing rather than helping, workers then leave system & become illegal again.
Toxic Waste Killings: Will businessmen get away with it?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/04/2013
» 5 million baht to kill 5 local leaders. 2 dead, 1 case dropped, 1 going to court, 3 more contract killings to go?
Child labour in Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 20/12/2012
» US human trafficking laws might make Thai exports to the US more difficult, if action is not taken soon.
Why some companies like foreign workers
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/09/2012
» Immigration law provides easy way for some companies to avoid paying foreign workers & deport before they can fight back.
Corruption 101: Prostitution & the police
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/09/2012
» MP Chuwit lectures Hat Yai students on how police make money from prostitution, a subject not normally taught in university courses.
Zebra Brand: Challenges for Thai exporter
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/02/2012
» One of Thailand's most well-known manufacturers & exporters overcomes challenges: labour costs, hypermarts & cheap chinese goods.