Over 100k found jobs abroad: dept
2023-04-19
Thailand sent over 100,000 workers abroad last year, which brought in almost 300 billion baht in remittances, according to the Department of Employment.Continue Reading
Migrant workers plug crucial gaps
2023-04-19
Some roles, particularly in Thailand’s recovering tourism and service sectors, are now mostly being filled by migrant workers due to a chronic manpower shortage, a top official from the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) has said.Continue Reading
Japan’s March visitors at post-COVID high, lured by cherry blossoms
2023-04-19
TOKYO: Visitors to Japan surged in March to their highest after the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday (Apr 19), with overseas tourists flocking to see the nation’s famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four years as travel curbs eased. The number of foreign visitors for businessContinue Reading
New S$500 million technology and innovation centre in Punggol Digital District to be completed by end-2026
2023-04-19
The facility will span 300,000 sq ft, which is the size of about five football fields, and house around 3,000 talents engaging in technology, innovation and digital roles.Continue Reading
Soaring inflation dampens Eid holiday spirit in crisis-hit Pakistan
2023-04-19
“GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS” Sheikh Amir, who runs a small shop selling glass bangles and imitation jewellery, said he was usually able to earn enough for the whole year during Eid. “It’s become very difficult these days,” he said. “We are just going through the motions in the hope thatContinue Reading
End army ‘brain drain’: Srettha
2023-04-18
Conscription should be replaced by the economic benefits of voluntary enlistment, said the Pheu Thai Party’s prime ministerial candidate Srettha Thavisin yesterday.Continue Reading
Phuket forecasts 60% post-Songkran hotel occupancy
2023-04-18
PHUKET: Hotel occupancy in this island province after Songkran is expected to be around 60% with more Chinese arrivals even though the low season is approaching, say industry executives.Continue Reading
The de-dollarization delusion
2023-04-18
Is the dollar dying? In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war and the massive growth in money supply and the US Federal Reserve’s assets in recent years, there has been a slew of stories and speeches extolling the virtue of de-dollarization. The most recent came last week, when Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for the establishment […]Continue Reading
Hikvision: Chinese surveillance tech giant denies leaked Pentagon spy claim
2023-04-18
A leaked US government document alleged that Hikvision was likely enabling Chinese espionage.Continue Reading
Fentanyl, Russia trade spark new Sino-US friction
2023-04-17
Political tensions between Beijing and Washington have increased again after the Biden administration sanctioned 12 Chinese firms for shipments to Russia and two others for supplying chemicals illicitly used in Mexico to produce the opioid drug fentanyl for the US market. The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) last week amended […]Continue Reading