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NCPO urged to offer education to migrant kids
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/07/2014
» Academics and labour activists have urged the National Council for Peace and Order to provide access to education for children born to foreign workers.
Officials 'bribed by traffickers'
Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2014
» Five senior officials manning provincial centres to register migrant workers have been transferred to inactive posts after investigators alleged they caught them in the act of taking bribes from a human trafficking gang.
Rights activist says criminal case will test military's foreign labour promises
News, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/07/2014
» At noon sharp last Wednesday, British migrant worker and rights activist Andy Hall pleaded not guilty through an interpreter in front of two judges at the Phra Khanong Court. In his first formal appearance before a Thai court in the fourth and latest criminal charge laid against him by a pineapple juice maker, he looked surprisingly calm.
More centres for foreign workers
News, Published on 06/07/2014
» The Interior Ministry will open eight more one-stop service centres in seven provinces tomorrow for registering foreign workers.
8 more labour centres to open
Online Reporters, Published on 05/07/2014
» The Interior Ministry will open eight more one-stop service centres in seven provinces on Monday for registering foreign workers.
Myanmar supreme commander lavishes plaudits on Thai coup
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 05/07/2014
» Myanmar's supreme commander has lent his support to the Thai military takeover, saying it is the army's duty to safeguard national security.
Myanmar army chief hails Thai coup
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 04/07/2014
» The visiting Myanmar armed forces leader on Friday praised the decision by Thai generals to seize power in the May 22 coup.
7 migrant labour centres set to open
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/07/2014
» Authorities will open seven more one-stop service centres for migrant labour registration to step up efforts to end illegal employment and human trafficking.
‘No backroom deals’ in Veera release
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/07/2014
» The release of Veera Somkhwamkid, who was imprisoned in Cambodia for more than three years for espionage, was unconditional and Phnom Penh had not sought any favours in return, the Foreign Affairs Ministry insists.
Thailand gives priority to good labour practices
Online Reporters, Published on 02/07/2014
» The Labour Ministry is cooperating with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to improve conditions in workplaces run by about 200 seafood operators in Thailand and to comply with good labour practices.