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People not happier after 4 years of NCPO: Nida Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 20/05/2018
» A majority of people said that four years after the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) took over the country's administration in the May 22, 2014 coup, their level of happiness is the same or less than before, according to the result of a survey by the National Institute of Development Administration or Nida Poll.
Deadline set for welfare card pickup
News, Taam Yingcharoen, Published on 18/07/2018
» The Finance Ministry has set Sept 30 as the final deadline for welfare card registrants to pick up their cards, according to government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd.
Wage hikes make little impact: expert
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2022
» Minimum wage rises have failed to keep up with GDP growth with workers on the lowest rung in society receiving only a 15-baht hike in the daily wage in the last 10 years, according to a Thammasat University economist.
NBTC projects target slum communities
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 07/12/2023
» The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is initiating the development of internet connectivity for slum communities in Bangkok and WiFi service for districts nationwide as part of its fourth universal service obligation (USO) plan, continuing efforts to bridge the digital divide.
Dreaming of glory at Rio's carnival, far from elite parades
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» RIO DE JANEIRO - In a faded rehearsal hall in the gritty concrete sprawl of northern Rio de Janeiro, samba dancers and drummers fine-tune their rhythms for a grassroots carnival parade few tourists have heard of.
Brazil militias control more than half of Rio: study
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Armed militia groups control more than half the territory of Rio de Janeiro, installing a reign of terror in poor neighborhoods that are home to nearly 2.2 million people, according to a study published Monday.
Graftbusters target welfare centre chief, school director
Pattanapong Sripiachai, Published on 10/03/2018
» NAKHON PHANOM: Anti-graft officials are preparing to act against a welfare centre chief implicated in the embezzlement of funds meant for the poor and a school director caught on camera lobbying local people to conceal the cheating.
80% of welfare funds 'plagued by graft'
King-oua Laohong, Published on 12/03/2018
» Irregularities have been found in the distribution of welfare allowances for the poor in 44 provinces, representing 80%, or 97 million baht, of the national budget for the purpose, as the probe continues in the remaining 32 provinces.
Climate change turns Greenland into strategic, economic hotspot
Associated Press, Published on 23/08/2019
» TASIILAQ, Greenland: From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few people who live here are poor, with a high rate of substance abuse and suicide.
Bored and broke, Vietnam migrants risk lives for riches in Europe
AFP, Published on 27/10/2019
» HANOI: Young, aspirational and poor Vietnamese are risking their lives to travel to Europe, taking on large debts to join well-worn trafficking routes in the hope of a better future thousands of miles from their rural homes.