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Domestic help better off as 'not in family'
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 22/12/2016
» Treating domestic workers as if they are "part of the family" may lead to attitudes that are likely to be detrimental to them, a United Nations (UN) Women study has found.
Academics question artefact loan to Iconsiam museum
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/08/2016
» Most visitors will view Iconsiam as Bangkok's latest, fanciest shopping complex, but for academics and historians, the glistening project by the Chao Phraya River is mainly a source of worry.
Anti-graft mechanisms best in 20 years, says ACT
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 25/05/2016
» Thailand's new anti-corruption mechanisms are the best the country has seen in the past 20 years, an anti-graft advocacy group says.
Migrants improve economies, UN says
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 01/03/2016
» Migrant workers are an important factor in development in the Asia-Pacific region, through their economic contributions to host and origin countries, a United Nations (UN) report says.
THAI vows to cut costs with fewer planes
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 06/11/2015
» THAI Airways president Charamporn Jotikasthira has vowed the national carrier will cut 20% of its non-fuel charges by the end of 2016 to begin generating profits.
Vendors plead for more time
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 21/10/2015
» Street vendors at Saphan Lek and Saphan Han markets are asking to continue trading for three more months, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) began tearing down their illegally-built structures.
BMA 'has no choice' but raze market stalls
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 17/10/2015
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says it has no choice but to proceed with the eviction of vendors at Saphan Lek Market, otherwise it would violate public order regulations.
Anupong orders flood mitigation action
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 07/10/2015
» Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda yesterday ordered the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation to coordinate with all relevant agencies to reduce severe flooding and subsequent traffic chaos in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
BMTA board members cleared of fraud
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 15/08/2015
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has dropped charges against 14 former Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) board members accused of colluding to commit fraud or misconduct after they allowed a private firm to only pay part of a debt it owed the BMTA.
NLA believes oath will prevent corruption
News, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 12/08/2015
» Legislators will incorporate the graft-battling "integrity pact" (IP) into procurement bids for large-scale government projects, in a move agencies say will finally thwart rampant corruption during the bidding process.