Protesting Myanmar workers settle for 1.6m baht per death
AROUND 500 Myanmar construction workers protesting at a factory construction site in Rayong where seven of their colleagues were killed and many others injured after a tower crane collapsed with rescuers blocked from going in to help the injured and take the bodies for autopsy reached an agreement with the employer for compensation of […]
Read MoreMinimum wage for hotel, resort employees raised to 400 baht daily
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MINIMUM WAGE for all employees at hotels and resort places in Bangkok and nine provinces will be increased to 400 baht daily, beginning in the middle of next month, confirmed a senior government official today (Mar. 26). The Wage Committee chaired by the Ministry of Labour’s undersecretary Pairot Chotikasathian […]
Read MoreSuvarnabhumi adds more staff to prevent malfunction
AIRPORTS of Thailand (AOT) has rushed to add more staff to prevent malfunction at Suvarnabhumi Airport as ordered Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with 200 additional officials joining the team manning the immigration counters from tomorrow, Matichon newspaper said late afternoon today (Feb. 18). Mr. Keerati Kijmanawat, AOT’s president, told Srettha that more officials were […]
Read MoreAlmost 100 Myanmar migrant workers found crammed in a single townhouse
SENIOR officials and police in Samut Sakhon province were shocked to find 97 Myanmar migrant workers crammed in a single townhouse after being alerted by nearby residents that two tour buses had dropped off a large number of them this morning (Jan. 5) and all had gone into this small dwelling, Amarin TV said. […]
Read More200 people flee shooting at Cambodian workers’ futsal match
AROUND 200 people fled in panic after gunshots were fired at a friendly futsal match between two groups of Cambodian workers in Khu Khot area of Pathum Thani province this afternoon (Dec. 10) but fortunately no one got injured, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Cheerleading squads of the two sides in this […]
Read More2 more Thai workers dead, one more taken hostage
THE FOREIGN Ministry said this evening (Nov. 4) two more Thai workers had died in the Israel-Hamas war raising the death toll to 34 while one more was taken hostage increasing to 24 the number of Thais held captive by Hamas fighters, Naewna newspaper said. However there was no increase in the number of […]
Read MorePanpree urgently flies to Qatar, Egypt for talks on freeing hostages
FOREIGN Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara is urgently flying to Qatar and Egypt for emergency talks with their leaders to help free 22 Thais held hostage by Hamas fighters as the Israel-Hamas war intensifies, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Oct. 31). As instructed by Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin Parnpree will also be promoting bilateral relations […]
Read MoreGovernors told to push families to bring Thai workers back from Israel
DEPUTY Prime Minister-cum-Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul tonight (Oct. 28) sent an urgent Line message to all governors across the nation to coordinate with families of Thai workers in Israel to persuade them to return home immediately, TV Channel 7 said. This step came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin had earlier in the day issued […]
Read MorePM tells Thais in Israel to change their minds and return immediately
PRIME MINISTER Sretta Thavisin said in a post published on X, formerly Twitter, this afternoon (Oct. 28) that as Israeli forces have intensified their ground operation along the Gaza Strip with the war likely expanding Thais in Israel should change their minds and return home immediately, Matichon newspaper said. The government is extremely concerned […]
Read MoreAt UN podium, Israel’s envoy plays gruesome video of Thai being attacked
By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News United Nations – Israel’s United Nations envoy showed the 193-member General Assembly a brief video on Thursday (Oct. 26) that he said showed a Hamas fighter trying to decapitate a man with a garden tool during the Palestinian militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told […]
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