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Cambodian temporary workers given six-month extensions
Online Reporters, Published on 14/08/2025
» Cambodian temporary workers whose stay periods have expired have been granted a six-month extension to stay in Thailand, as authorities seek to deal with a labour shortage caused by border tensions.
‘Democratic Jungle’ exhibition reveals harsh realities of Southeast Asia’s workers
Online Reporters, Published on 15/05/2025
» Exhibition OverviewThe Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) presents Democratic Jungle, a powerful documentary photography exhibition by the French photojournalist Nathalie Jamois. It features a striking series of images of labourers across Southeast Asia and interrogates the paradox of progress: as our world becomes more connected and efficient, it simultaneously distances us from the people who sustain our comfort, convenience and consumption.
Four more bodies found in collapsed SAO tower
Online Reporters, Published on 08/04/2025
» Four more bodies have been found in the rubble that was the State Audit Office tower in Bangkok, as searchers approach an area where many labourers were working when the March 28 earthquakes struck.
Thai protesters oppose bid to help migrant workers
Online Reporters, Published on 01/02/2025
» A network known as “Thais Won’t Tolerate” has urged the United Nations to reject requests from a coalition of Myanmar workers in Thailand to improve conditions for migrant labourers.
Homeless people take over busy bus shelter
News, Online Reporters, Published on 30/07/2024
» Welfare officials will step up inspections of Bangkok bus stops after five homeless people were found sleeping in the passenger shelter at a stop outside a busy city mall on Monday night.
Six workers killed in Rayong crane collapse
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2024
» At least six construction workers were reportedly killed and several others injured when a crane collapsed at the construction site for a Chinese-run steel factory in Pluak Daeng district of Rayong on Friday.
7,000 Myanmar citizens seeking Thai visas
Online Reporters, Published on 22/02/2024
» More than 7,000 Myanmar nationals have applied for visas with the Thai embassy in Yangon as mandatory conscription looms in the military-ruled country, figures from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs show.
Korea bars 112 Thais suspected as illegal job seekers
Online Reporters, Published on 05/08/2022
» South Korean immigration authorities have denied entry to Jeju island for 112 Thais on suspicion that they are trying to work illegally in the country, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said on Friday.
Govt, labour leaders deadlocked over minimum wage amid May Day march
Online Reporters, Published on 01/05/2022
» Labour unions and the government remain locked in negotiations over the new minimum wage as workers parade on Labour Day to press their demand for a higher flat rate across the country.
47 new Covid deaths, 8,859 new cases
Online Reporters, Published on 31/10/2021
» Thailand logged 47 new Covid-19 fatalities and 8,859 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.