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Migrant worker crackdown
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/09/2023
» More than 3,000 migrants have been caught working without a permit as authorities crack down on those employed in jobs prohibited for foreign workers, according to the Department of Employment.
PM declares new fight on drugs
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/09/2023
» The government has vowed to make efforts to stamp out narcotic drugs, especially methamphetamine, within its four-year term as a new national agenda item.
Complaints grow against migrant 'job snatchers'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/01/2023
» The Labour Ministry has launched a crackdown on migrant workers and their Thai employers following a wave of complaints that they are being employed in roles reserved for Thai nationals.
Sex scandal spurs reshuffle
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/05/2022
» The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) has transferred a Department of Children and Youth (DCY) official linked to a child prostitution case in Surat Thani, pending an investigation of the matter.
'Close the vaccine gap': illegal migrants need help
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/06/2021
» The success of the national vaccination programme, which is seen as instrumental to creating herd immunity and reopening the country, depends on how inclusive it is.
PM urged to probe Victoria's Secret case
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/09/2019
» Anti-human trafficking advocates are calling on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to look into a controversial decision to drop human trafficking charges against key suspects in last year's Victoria's Secret brothel crackdown.
Illegal migrant blitz sees 5,000 deported
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/02/2019
» More than 5,000 illegal migrant workers have been deported and over 25 million baht worth of fines collected from those who have broken Thailand's visa laws, including those who employed the illegal migrants.
Career barrier too far for Thai women
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 18/01/2019
» Breezing through language proficiency tests, one of the requirements for Thai workers seeking employment in South Korea, is no guarantee that female applicants will have an easy time finding work in the North Asian country.
Calls mount for street vendor aid
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 31/10/2018
» A coalition of vendors, academics and NGOs on urban development has intensified its calls for the government to speed up efforts to alleviate hardship suffered by street vendors who have been purged from the city's pavements.
The lure of lucre in Korea
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/10/2018
» The high pay which illegal Thai migrant workers in South Korea earn could be a key factor in their decision not to return home, despite being offered a chance to voluntarily depart South Korea without being prosecuted and blacklisted from re-entering, according to a Thai academic.