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Academic backs solar push but urges aid for poor
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/04/2026
» The government's push to promote clean energy with soft loans and tax incentives for solar installations are a "golden opportunity" to accelerate the country's transition towards renewables, an academic says.
Retirement at 45 shocks Thais
News, Jutamas Tadthiemrom and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/09/2025
» The workforce is facing a major turning point as Kasikornbank (KBank) introduces a special early retirement (ER) programme at the age of 45, the first of its kind in the country.
Giving seniors another chance
News, Mongkol Bangprapa and Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 28/04/2025
» With one in five Thais now aged over 60, experts are saying the country will face an irreversible demographic crisis if the government doesn't roll out the necessary safeguards to ensure the welfare of its senior citizens.
Expand welfare policies to boost economy, experts say
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 04/09/2023
» The government should boost the country's short-term economic growth by expanding state welfare policies to reduce inequalities in society, academics said at a seminar organised by the Thai Journalists' Association yesterday.
Gambling addiction fuelled by poverty
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/08/2023
» Social workers say gambling addiction among blue-collar workers is fuelled by social and welfare issues, not by an individual's passion as many might have thought. NGOs and government agencies are working together to provide rehabilitation.
Quake 'can damage' old buildings
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/06/2023
» A major earthquake in Myanmar may damage buildings in Bangkok that were built before the nation's building codes were revised in 2007 to make them more quake-resistant, according to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on Tuesday.
Migrant workers plug crucial gaps
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/04/2023
» Some roles, particularly in Thailand's recovering tourism and service sectors, are now mostly being filled by migrant workers due to a chronic manpower shortage, a top official from the Employers' Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) has said.
Wage hikes could harm economy
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 19/03/2023
» Political parties are being urged to stop wooing voters by promising them unrealistic leaps in daily minimum wage rates which many experts warn will do more harm than good to the country's economic system.
'Ya ba' cooks spoil broth, sex tryst predator, fallen warrior
News, Mae Moo, Published on 12/12/2021
» Whipping up a special dish
Workers to feel pinch of grinding economy
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/01/2020
» Workers' wages won't stretch very far this year amid a protracted economic slowdown that will hit pockets hard, say experts and labour leaders.