One of the most important changes to the Thai economy expected for 2012 came on April 1, when the minimum wage in Bangkok and six other of Thailand’s 75 provinces was boosted from about BT220 ($7) to BT300 ($9.60) – a 36% jump. The wage hike will be applied to all provinces in January 2013, and will fulfil one of the current government’s major...
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Reconciliation was central to Pheu Thai’s (PT) 2011 election platform, a sentiment that continued to resonate with voters despite five years of confrontation following the 2006 military coup that had ousted and exiled the prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Since receiving her overwhelming mandate in the 2011, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra,...
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