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    Plight of 'little ghosts' in South Korea

    News, Kornchanok Raksaseri, Published on 29/09/2019

    » It has been a year since a Thai labour minister met his Korean counterpart to solve the problem of "little ghost" illegal migrant workers in South Korea.

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    300 baht per day: A law many ignore?

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/07/2012

    » Growing complaints show that companies use many different tricks to avoid paying workers the 300 baht per day required by law.

  • News & article

    Plugging the gap

    News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 02/12/2022

    » Thailand has resumed importing legal migrant workers under memorandums of understanding signed with neighbouring countries after the Covid-19 pandemic eased.

  • News & article

    Child labour: The worst forms

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 06/02/2012

    » With removal from US watch list as goal, govt drive to end trafficking & forced labour of children (in seafood industry, as maids, in prostitution, pornography, working with boilers, heavy objects, metal pressing)

  • News & article

    Evacuation from Libya

    Published on 24/02/2011

    » More than 600 Thai workers have already left Libya and authorities are planning to evacuate another 9,000 thought to be at risk.

  • News & article

    Donald Trump's last stand for 'apartheid America'

    News, Published on 29/10/2020

    » The ferocity of the 2020 presidential election in the United States is not about Donald Trump per se, but about what he represents: the racist structures of power that have persisted in America for centuries, though sometimes in mutated form. The long history of America's state-sponsored racism will draw to an end in the coming generation, which is why Mr Trump is so strikingly reactionary in his attempts to prolong it. Yet the damage that Mr Trump's brand of white nationalism could still cause to the US and the world if he wins a second term makes the election easily the most important in modern American history.

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    Suu Kyi visits troubled Myanmar diaspora in Thailand

    AFP, Published on 23/06/2016

    » Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi arrives Thursday in Thailand where she is expected to be garlanded by her adoring compatriots, hundreds of thousands of whom have sought work and sanctuary from war across the border.

  • News & article

    'Phi noi' workers need solution

    Editorial, Published on 05/11/2023

    » We often hear about the experiences of tourists in Thailand, but there's rarely any discussion of Thais travelling abroad. This changed recently when the hashtag #BanTravelToSouthKorea began trending on X, with netizens accusing the country of discriminating against Thai tourists. Everyone from the average tourist to influencers joined the debate and shared stories of being interrogated and/or refused entry into South Korea despite having all the right paperwork.

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    Attack on Buddhism

    News, Postbag, Published on 24/06/2019

    » Re: "Southeast Asian authorities accused of 'trading' dissidents", (BP, June 22). It is indeed an unholy alliance if true as alleged that Thailand is cooperating with governments in Asean to suppress the practice of the wise teachings of the Buddha.

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    Israel says worker rights a priority

    Asia focus, Published on 18/05/2015

    » The governments of Thailand and Israel have been working together to make sure that Thai workers recruited to Israel are aware of their rights, according to Simon Roded, the Israeli ambassador to Thailand.

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