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Commentary: Indonesia’s jobs boom is a story of quantity, not quality
Read more: Commentary: Indonesia’s jobs boom is a story of quantity, not qualityStagnant wages, rising underemployment and limited upward mobility reveal a labour market defined more by quantity than quality, say two academics.
Thailand
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Thaksin ‘expected to be paroled in May’
Read more: Thaksin ‘expected to be paroled in May’Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is expected to be granted parole in May, when he will have served two-thirds of his one-year prison term, according to a source at the Department of Corrections.
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PM orders aid for South after blasts
Read more: PM orders aid for South after blastsPrime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has instructed the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) to urgently provide relief and compensation following coordinated bomb and arson attacks on 11 PTT petrol stations in the deep South.
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Chinese embassy warns against buying ‘cheap tours’ to Thailand
Read more: Chinese embassy warns against buying ‘cheap tours’ to ThailandThe Chinese embassy on Wednesday warned intending Chinese travellers not to buy “cheap tours” to Thailand, advising them to use only well-known, licensed outbound tour operators to avoid problems.
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Thai grads shun full-time work amid growing insecurity
Read more: Thai grads shun full-time work amid growing insecurityThe Thai labour market faces an increasingly challenging outlook as new graduates show declining interest in working full-time for companies, while existing employees face heightened risks of layoffs amid economic uncertainty.
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Bangkok’s giant sinkhole is expanding
Read more: Bangkok’s giant sinkhole is expandingThe filling of the huge sinkhole on Bangkok’s Samsen Road will require much more sand that earlier thought because it’s getting bigger, according to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority.
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Commentary: Indonesia’s jobs boom is a story of quantity, not quality
Read more: Commentary: Indonesia’s jobs boom is a story of quantity, not qualityStagnant wages, rising underemployment and limited upward mobility reveal a labour market defined more by quantity than quality, say two academics.
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7,300 tonnes of blackchin tilapia removed to date
Read more: 7,300 tonnes of blackchin tilapia removed to dateAbout 7,300 tonnes of invasive blackchin tilapia have been removed from natural water sources and aquaculture ponds across 19 affected provinces, Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow said.
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As gold spikes, traders urge caution
Read more: As gold spikes, traders urge cautionThai gold traders are warning investors to shop wisely after bullion surged for the eighth consecutive week, buoyed by renewed fears of a US-China trade war, the ongoing US government shutdown and increased prospects of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut.
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Trump links Thai-Cambodia peace to trade talks
Read more: Trump links Thai-Cambodia peace to trade talksThe Trump administration is making conflict resolution a condition of US trade negotiations with Thailand, as it pushes the latter to reach a peace agreement with Cambodia.
