More than half of workers in Thailand are informal, meaning they are not covered by a social security scheme and are particularly vulnerable.
The Thai Cabinet has now approved an extension of the campaign to cover more people affected by the COVID-19 disruption, now totalling about 14 million persons.
Thais are becoming increasingly desperate as the pandemic destroys the economy and the government struggles to respond.
The impact of the coronavirus on the Asia Pacific region will be severe and unprecedented says IMF, and Thailand could stand as the worst performer with...
March 2020 inflation rate receded to 0.54 percent, marking the first recession in 33 months and the lowest inflation rate in 51 months.
Covid-19 shutdowns could have drastic effects for Thailand's workers : as much as 7 million jobs are at risk by the month of June.
Thailand's exports could shrink as much as 7% in 2020 showing its worst performance in a decade, or 3.7% if the Covid-19 crisis is contained before...
Restrained largely by slowing exports, Thailand posted paltry growth at 2.4% last year. GDP growth is likely to slow further to –4.8% this year but could...
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