Business

Is the minimum wage enough to cover the cost of living in Bangkok?

  ALTHOUGH the minimum wage in Bangkok was increased to 400 baht a day in July this year, the metropolis is very expensive with the cost of living seen to be higher than this for many workers, Thai Rath newspaper said today (Nov. 17). While it is a city full of opportunities, income streams, and

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5 groups rally at Govt House over rising cost of living

  FIVE activist groups held a demonstration in front of the Government House today (Jan.18) calling for urgent measures to resolve the rising cost of living, Matichon newspaper said. The five groups, Labour Network for People’s Rights,  24 June Democracy Group, New Generation Network in Nonthaburi, administrative and student organisations of Kasetsart University and Thalu

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