THE TRIPARTITE wage committee approved 400 baht per day minimum wage for four provinces and one district that are key tourist areas from Jan. 1, 2025 onwards with this set at 372 baht for Bangkok and neighbouring provinces, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Dec. 23). Mr. Boonsong Thapchaiyut, permanent secretary of the Labour
Day: December 23, 2024
Thaksin denies Pheu Thai-Bhumjaithai conflict
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DE FACTO PHEU THAI BOSS Thaksin Shinawatra today (Dec. 23) categorically denied that his party, core of the current coalition government, had developed a critical conflict with Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner. The billionaire power player said he had had no problem to clear up with Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Interior
Read moreThai-Myanmar border at Tak shut for a month after cholera outbreak in Myawaddy
WITH a hospital in Myanmar’s Myawaddy township, across the border from Thailand’s Mae Sot town, now treating over 300 cholera patients, the Thai government today (Dec. 23) closed this stretch of the border for a month for safety, Naewna newspaper said. Deputy Prime Minister/Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said after a Defence Council meeting that
Read moreWildlife from Indonesia seized in Thailand
POLICE late last night seized over 200 protected wildlife and other animals that had been smuggled to Thailand from Aceh province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, just as the arrested suspect was bringing them to Bangkok , TV Channel 7 said. Highway Police and a Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) team arrested Mr. Sarawut (surname withheld), or
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