The lawsuit against Asia’s largest sugar producer, filed on behalf of about 3,000 people, is the first class-action lawsuit filed in a Thai court by plaintiffs from another country against a Thai company operating outside Thailand.
Category: Thailand
Myths and reality of Isan inequality
The population of Isan has an average debt of about nine months of earnings, or 75% of annual income.
Thailand: Paradise Lost? Part 1
Unless something is done, urgently, then Thailand, along with the southern tourist money-spinner, Phuket, will continue to lose tourists, especially when so many other countries are now going out of their way to welcome them.
Thailand ‘prostituting its resources’ says top nature photographer
The sound of tens of thousands of fish slapping the water as they’re pulled up by huge nets is deafening. Nets and trawlers catch animals and fish too young to be caught. They’re sold as trash for 7 baht a kilo.
Carmakers ready to help Thailand become hub for electric vehicles in Asean
Local and international car manufacturers are racing to cash in on the government’s policy to promote the growth of electrical vehicles in the local market and Thailand’s goal of becoming the production hub of EVs in Asean.
Thailand’s Inequality: Unpacking the Myths and Reality of Isan
The Isan region is Thailand’s poorest, and life there is tough, but this research found that Isan farmers and workers are determined. They understand the government’s safety-net programs and make the best of them. These programs play a vital role in alleviating their hardship, and what the government does significantly affects their quality of life. There is also plenty of room for these programs to improve.
New factories ‘dodging green rules’
Construction of new factories kick off before their environmental impact reports have been finished which in many cases has caused environmental problems for locals.
Rayong residents worry EEC will come with empty promises
Their concerns are based on the lesson they learned from the Eastern Seaboard Development programme more than 30 years ago.