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The human toll behind your seafood
News, Claire Kietduriyakul, Published on 02/08/2025
» The next time you are at a restaurant and considering the choice of fish or shrimp, spare a thought. The seafood on your plate may come at quite a human cost.
Illegal practices still found in fishing, NHRC claims
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2021
» The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said yesterday that child labour, forced labour and other illegal labour practices are still being detected in the fishing industry and related professions.
In the heart of Mon country
News, Pongpat Wongyala, Published on 07/03/2020
» Pathum Thani's proximity to Bangkok means it is usually overlooked as a "transit" province, a place to travel through rather than stay.
Questioning Buddha
News, Postbag, Published on 10/09/2019
» Re: "National artist defends student after scandal", (BP, Sept 9).
Diving into sex work
News, Leah Carter, Published on 21/07/2019
» Mai Janta, 29, came to Thailand from Shan State with her family when she was a year old. Her brother had been conscripted to the Myanmar army and her family feared that he would never return if he had to join.
Licence to kill
News, Postbag, Published on 20/07/2019
» Of all the retrograde events in Thailand over the past two decades, the death of a 15-year-old student at Phra Pratom Wittayalai School from so-called Thai "hazing" tradition is the worst.
Thailand can be a champion for migrants
News, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 22/12/2018
» Signed and sealed. The formal endorsement of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration by the UN General Assembly in New York this week was a momentous occasion.
Economic slavery
News, Postbag, Published on 17/09/2018
» Re: "Regime takes credit for helping people fight debt", (BP, Sept 11).
If incentives persist, so will slavery
News, Ricardo Hausmann, Published on 04/09/2018
» Have you ever wondered why business schools do not teach the proper way to whip a worker to obtain maximum effort without damaging the asset? Had business schools existed before the American Civil War, one can conceive of at least a lecture on the subject. Instead, business schools teach about corporate culture and values, on the assumption that maximum effort can be obtained from workers if they identify with the firm's mission and goals.
Business can join trafficking fight
News, Dana Graber Ladek, Published on 02/07/2018
» The recent upgrading of Thailand's status to Tier 2 of the US Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) is a positive development that will be welcome by many. While Thailand has yet to fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, the report recognises the significant counter-trafficking efforts the Thai government has undertaken.