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Dua Lipa, public figures urge UK to end Israel arms sales
AFP, Published on 29/05/2025
» LONDON - Pop star Dua Lipa joined some 300 UK celebrities in signing an open letter Thursday urging Britain to halt arms sales to Israel, after similar pleas from lawyers and writers.
Myanmar workers protest at being duped
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/11/2024
» SAMUT SAKHON: About 100 Myanmar workers protested in front of a factory in Muang district after they paid a group of Thai brokers 3,000-7,000 baht each but did not receive the promised jobs.
Berry-picking trafficking trial opens
Published on 13/08/2024
» Prosecutors in Finland are demanding a minimum of five years’ imprisonment for the former head of a berry company and his Thai business partner for human trafficking in connection with abuse of Thai workers.
Indian labourers freed from ‘slavery’ in Italy
Published on 13/07/2024
» ROME - Italian police said on Saturday that they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working conditions in the northern province of Verona and seized almost half a million euros ($545,000) from their two alleged abusers.
Shares dip amid rate uncertainty, high oil prices
Business, Published on 06/04/2024
» RECAP: Shares in Asia declined yesterday, tracking US stocks as interest rate uncertainty, high oil prices and geopolitical tensions weighed on sentiment.
Labour scams carry cost
News, Editorial, Published on 18/03/2024
» For far too long, Thailand has grappled with the insidious issue of human trafficking. This heinous crime has tarnished the country's reputation -- not to mention diminishing the country's competitiveness on the global stage.
South Korea needs foreign workers, but often fails to protect them
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» POCHEON, South Korea — Samsung phones. Hyundai cars. LG televisions. South Korean exports are available in virtually every corner of the world. But the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labour.
Former labour minister files lawsuit against DSI
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 24/01/2024
» Former labour minister Suchart Chomklin has taken the Department of Special Investigation to court for alleged malfeasance by implying he took 36 million baht in bribes from Thai workers destined for Finland.
Justice minister defends DSI probe into bribery in labour to Finland
Online Reporters, Published on 16/01/2024
» Justice Minister Tawee Sodsong has defended the Department of Special Investigation over its probe into allegations of bribery and human trafficking made against two former cabinet ministers and two high-level officials in the provision of Thai labour to Finland.
Ex-minister Suchart lawyers up in human trafficking case
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 13/01/2024
» Former labour minister Suchart Chomklin has set up a legal team to advise him on what to do next after he was implicated in a bribery and human trafficking case involving the sending of Thai workers to Finland to pick berries.