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Lawmakers seek to curb EC's power
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 07/08/2018
» A group of lawmakers want to amend an organic law to prevent the rules on selecting election inspectors from being changed at will by election commissioners, said National Legislative Assembly (NLA) president Pornpetch Wichitcholchai.
Venezuela's Maduro to risk first public appearance since drone 'attack'
AFP, Published on 07/08/2018
» CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was expected to make his first public appearance Monday since being targeted over the weekend by drones that he said were sent to "assassinate" him during a military parade.
Saudi Arabia expels Canadian ambassador
Associated Press, Published on 06/08/2018
» DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador on Monday and froze "all new business" with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom's arrest of women's rights activists -- yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh's new assertive foreign policy.
Employment Issues for Thai Companies Doing Business in Laos: Resolving Labour Disputes
Published on 06/08/2018
» Lao P.D.R. has long been a high-potential destination for companies from Thailand–the second largest foreign investor in Laos behind China. In the past, companies sometimes faced issues over the uncertain legal framework for resolving labour disputes in Laos. Therefore, the Lao government recently issued the Decree on Labour Dispute Resolution No. 76/GOL (the "Decree"), which precisely defines and clarifies existing mechanisms for labour dispute resolution, covering:
Unions oppose land deal in high-speed airport rail plan
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 06/08/2018
» Activists and workers' unions have demanded land development plans be immediately excluded from the terms of reference of the high-speed railway set to link Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports, alleging it would monopolise involvement in the megaproject down to "a few large firms."
For exiled novelist, Turkey 'like 1930s Germany'
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Turkish novelist Asli Erdogan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is on the wall: her country is sliding into fascism.
Kuznetsova saves four match points, wins Washington WTA title
AFP, Published on 06/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: Two-time Grand Slam champion Svetlana Kuznetsova saved four match points and rallied to defeat Croatia's Donna Vekic and win her 18th career WTA title Sunday at the Washington Open.
Unions oppose land deal in high-speed airport rail plan
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 06/08/2018
» Activists and workers' unions have demanded land development plans be immediately excluded from the terms of reference of the high-speed railway set to link Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi and U-Tapao airports, alleging it would monopolise involvement in the megaproject down to "a few large firms."
Battling against a crooked system
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 06/08/2018
» A 19-year-old woman's plunge to her death from a moving truck which was initially recorded as an accident by police, but is now believed to be a murder, is another blow to the country's justice system, says social advocate Atchariya Ruangrattanapong.
Real loan lessons
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 06/08/2018
» Education and morality are not a given duo package. It infuriates me to write this, but apparently, having a good education by no means ensures that a person will turn out to have more-or-less sound morals. Which is ironic, because shouldn't all that education have gotten it across somewhere that paying for your education bills is what makes for some of the most basic requirements to being a decent human being?