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Major Thai workforce trends in 2025
Business, Published on 06/08/2025
» Employers in Thailand are adjusting their strategies and structures to cope with economic conditions, focusing on flexibility, compensation, and the use of AI and AI-related skills in recruitment, according to the online job platform Jobsdb by SEEK.
Reform clergy with your wallet
Editorial, Published on 03/08/2025
» The recent sex scandal involving high-ranking monks has shaken public faith to the core. But the responses from the clergy, the state, and the public all miss the point. This crisis in Thai Buddhism is not about monks and sex -- it's about monks and money. Address the problem incorrectly, and the sex scandals and temple corruption will never end.
Thailand still has chance to shine
Oped, Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Published on 31/07/2025
» Thailand's economy is losing momentum. Growth rates have steadily declined, from 7.2% in 2012 to just 1.9% in 2023. Without a new vision for development, the country faces the real possibility of becoming stuck in permanent stagnation. The absence of bold leadership and structural reform has left Thailand vulnerable, while its regional peers -- Singapore, China, and South Korea -- surge ahead. These countries have demonstrated that visionary and compassionate leadership, combined with political reform and good governance, can transform the economic fortunes of an entire nation.
'This is no vacation': young Poles do summer army bootcamp
AFP, Published on 29/07/2025
» WARSAW — Sweating and out of breath, young Poles throw grenades and practise evacuating the wounded at a training ground outside Warsaw.
Terror threat to Singapore 'remains high'
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2025
» SINGAPORE — The terrorism threat to Singapore remains high, said its home affairs ministry in a report released on Tuesday, pointing to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and "continued traction of radical narratives".
Israel looks to hire more Thai workers
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 23/07/2025
» Labour Minister Pongkawin Jungrungreangkit said there has been a surge in demand for Thai workers in Israel, with 10,000 new job openings emerging as tensions in the region show signs of easing.
OCSC tightens grip on exam cheating problem
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 20/07/2025
» The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) has reaffirmed its confidence in rigorous anti-cheating measures for civil service entrance examinations, says Deputy Secretary-General Kitipong Maharatthanawong.
Corrupt monks have lost their way
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 14/07/2025
» Just as Thailand was about to celebrate Asalha Bucha Day and the start of Buddhist Lent, the nation was gripped by the biggest sex scandal ever to rock its clergy. How irony.
DSI probes 'mass kickbacks'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2025
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) is intensifying its probe into a suspected money laundering operation involving kickbacks and fees illegally collected from Cambodian migrant workers seeking to renew their work permits.