
News by Country: Thailand
8 January 2021
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Changing employment conditions during
the COVID-19 situation
(Bangkok Post,
14 May 2020)
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Workers unite against textile factory
over SSF 'failure'
(Bangkok Post,
13 May 2020)
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Businesses urge further easing of
lockdown (Bangkok
Post, 12 May 2020)
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Businesses urge relaxing lockdown to
stem job losses (Bangkok
Post, 11 May 2020)
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Thailand: The Coronavirus Suicides (The
Diplomat, 11 May 2020)
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Thailand's poor want to return to work,
end lockdown
(UCA News, 10 May 2020)
· Shielding Asean migrant workers (Bangkok Post, 8 May 2020)
· Supporting sex workers during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand (UNAIDS, 7
May 2020)
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Thai PM says Covid-19 impact may last
another 9 months
(Today, 6 May 2020)
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Thailand’s inflation rate falls 2.99 %
in April (Pattaya
Mail, 6 May 2020)
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Migrant workers contract Covid-19 at
Thai detention center
(UCA News, 5 May
2020)
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Thai medics 'lack equipment' to combat
virus (UCA
News Reporter, 3 May 2020)
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Pandemic is exposing the gaps in Thai
education
(Bangkok Post, 1
May 2020)
· Public suicide bid as millions of
Thais wait for coronavirus aid (CNA, 29
April 2020)
· PM issues plea for 'patience' (Bangkok Post, 29 April 2020)
· Thailand's state of emergency
extended until 31 May
(Bangkok Post, 28 April
2020)
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Health budget cuts rife with prejudice (Bangkok Post, 27 April 2020)
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25 more arrested entering Thailand by
wading across river from Malaysia (The Thaiger, 26 April 2020)
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Malaysia: Stop Jailing Covid-19 Lockdown
Violators
(Human Rights Watch, 26 April 2020)
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Thailand’s Security Council eyes
extending state of emergency, easing some restrictions (The Thaiger, 24 April 2020)
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Rights group slams Thailand's repressive
laws to intensify crackdown on COVID-19 critics (Deutsche Welle, 23 April 2020)
· Thai PM Prayut's appeal to
billionaires to help ease Covid-19 pain highlights big business privileges (Straits Times, 21 April 2020)
· Covid-19 aid reaches 8,000 who
lost jobs (Bangkok
Post, 21 April 2020)
· 8,000 workers in Thailand receive
first COVID-19 aid payment (Human Resources,
21 April 2020)
· Power bill cut for 22m houses (Bangkok Post, 21 April 2020)
· Thai government and TCEB announce
measures to support the exhibition industry (Exhibition World, 21 April 2020)
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400 Thai workers trying to
sneak in from Malaysia detained (The Malay Mail, 19 April 2020)
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Migrant workers left out in
Thailand's fight against COVID-19 (CNA, 19 April 2020)
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Unemployment soars to 700,000
as factories close (Bangkok Post,
18 April 2020)
· Government only has enough to pay
5,000-baht aid package for 1 month – PM (The Thaiger, 16 April 2020)
· Protect Medical Workers in Thailand from
Covid-19 (Human
Rights Watch, 15 April 2020)
· Thailand travel: Government extends
travel ban for tourists to curb coronavirus (Express, 15 April 2020)
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Textile, garment industry suffers badly from contagion
crisis (The Nation, 14 April 2020)
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Songkran festival cancelled as Thailand combats
COVID-19 (CNA, 13 April 2020)
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Thailand job losses may hit 10 million if COVID-19
outbreak drags on (CNA, 13 April 2020)
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In Thailand, the COVID-19 outbreak is driving more
consumers online (CNA,
11 April 2020)
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Thailand's most popular island goes into lockdown as
Covid-19 cases surge (CNN, 10 April 2020)
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Thailand approves $82.5b plan to mitigate coronavirus
impact (Straits Times, 7 April 2020)
· Scared
but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street
(Straits
Times, 5 April 2020)
· B300bn
third stimulus package in store (Bangkok
Post, 31 March 2020)
· COVID-19
Impact on Migrant Workers in Thailand (International
Labour Rights Forum, 27 March 2020)
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No compensation for
illegal workers returning from South Korea: Labour Ministry (The
Nation, 6 March 2020)