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40% Of Thai Farmers Live Under Poverty Line
Some 40% of farming households are living below the poverty line, set at 32,000 baht a year, with the sector’s low income and higher debt a drag on the country’s economic growth, says the Bank of Thailand’s Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research’s (Pier) in ...
Rural poor squeezed by land concessions in Mekong region: report
Companies acquired concessions amounting to the size of a small European country, while rural residents of Southeast Asia’s Mekong region saw their landholdings shrink or disappear over the past two decades, according to researchers.Keep reading ...
Rina Chandran
Investment rush is harming environment
The recent massive crackdown on recycling factories processing hazardous electronic waste allegedly smuggled from abroad seems to be just the tip of the iceberg. Last week, police, local authorities and Revenue Department officials jointly raided five electronic recycling plants in Chachoengsao to stamp out pollution caused ...
Soonruth Bunyamanee
EEC needs 30,000 workers
The Ministry of Labour will meet with cabinet members and present a strategy to produce more skilled labourers to match demand from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) within two months after a survey found that almost 30,000 qualified workers are still required in the special ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Build it and they will come: How Thailand’s great infrastructure leap is reshaping tourism
Thailand’s great push forward on mega-transportation projects is seeing strong dividends being paid in its tourism industry, reports Bill Barnett, founder and Managing Director of hotel industry expert consultancy C9 Hotelworks.Keep reading ...
เอกอัครราชทูต เข้าเยี่ยมคารวะนายฮอร์ นัมฮง รองนายกรัฐมนตรีกัมพูชา
เมื่อวันที่ 30 พ.ค. 2018 นายปัญญรักษ์ พูลทรัพย์ เอกอัครราชทูต เข้าเยี่ยมคารวะนายฮอร์ นัมฮง รองนายกรัฐมนตรี ทั้งสองฝ่ายรับทราบความร่วมมืออันดีระหว่างทั้งสองประเทศ โดยการหารือครอบคลุมประเด็นการค้า การท่องเที่ยว การศึกษา แรงงาน และความเชื่อมโยงอ่านต่อ ...
Pollution Control Dept warns of stormwater waste
The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has issued a statement warning the public to be careful of stormwater polluting water sources during the rainy season. PCD Director-General Sunee Piyapanpong has explained that rainfall at the beginning of the season will wash out wastewater and other substances that ...
Jettana Pantana
WWF looks to Asian tuna sector in ‘third wave’ global sustainability drive
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is looking to encourage large Asian tuna fleets into fishery improvement projects (FIPs), after already getting 20% of the global catch engaged in its latest sustainability drive.Keep reading ...
Tom Seaman
Thai e-retailers brace for Jack Ma's 'great durian road'
At a seminar this month to forecast Thailand’s two-way trade with China, the commerce minister, Sonthirat Sonthijirawong, hailed e-commerce as the business model that could propel the country to new heights.Keep reading ...
Marwaan Macan-Markar
Thailand to host World Gastronomy Forum
The fourth annual Forum, organised by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the Basque Culinary Centre, is taking place from May 30 to June 1 in Thailand, the first country in Asia to host the event.Keep reading ...
The Nation Reporter
