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A sobering issue in the workplace
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 05/11/2012
» It's six in the evening at Hua Thai Manufacturing Plc, when dozens of garment workers huddle inside and outside the factory.
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No smoke without IRE
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 16/11/2012
» Forty-eight -year-old Wanchai Kusomboompol sells cigarettes at his mom-and-pop shop in Bangkok's Sam Yan area mostly to casual workers who buy fewer than 10 cigarettes per day on average.
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Land appropriation seen as volatile issue
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/06/2013
» NAY PYI TAW : South and East Asian countries are being urged to draft new land acquisition laws to prevent exploitation by industries, the World Economic Forum was told on Friday.
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Seafood firms pledge end to child labour
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/09/2013
» Over 100 seafood companies have agreed to eliminate unacceptable forms of child labour, but human rights experts say the problem, as well as forced labour, has remained a concern.
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Factory permits close to 2012 level, says ministry
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/12/2013
» The Industry Ministry has approved 5,222 factory permits worth a combined 475 billion baht this year as of Wednesday, increasing the number of factories nationwide to 140,158.
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Key development
Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 06/01/2014
» An old man sits at his desk and presses the letters S, U, N, D, A and Y on a typewriter keyboard and the word "SUNDAY" appears on a sheet of paper attached to it. His old machine makes a clackety-clack-clack sound.
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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.
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Rise of the rural middle class
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 10/08/2014
» Outside the Central department store in Ubon Ratchathani, a black Mercedes-Benz S-Class with yellow Lao licence plates drove from the car park. It was a Wednesday, but at weekends, a security guard told me, some 20% of the vehicles parked here are from Laos, many of which are European cars travelling to the northeastern province through Pakse or Mukdahan.
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The battle to ban asbestos
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/11/2014
» Depending on which medical expert you listen to, Thailand has either recorded just five cases of asbestos-related illness in its history, or use of the controversial material is a lurking menace affecting up to 1,000 people every year.
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Do we really want to be just like Singapore?
Spectrum, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/07/2015
» The meeting on June 15 at the Chatuchak district office lasted less than an hour. By the end of the month, the 14 licensed street-food vendors were told, they would have to move out.
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