Thailand Employs AI to Fight AI Scams and Trafficking Rings
BANGKOK – An online scam may look like a fake bank text or a romance pitch, but in Thailand, it often starts with a fake job ad that ends in forced Continue Reading
Thai authorities crack down on nominee firms, illegal foreign workers
Thai authorities are intensifying inspections of businesses suspected of using Thai nationals as nominee shareholders for foreign investors and employing foreign workers illegally in Bangkok, as part of efforts to Continue Reading
Thailand and ILO discuss labour rights, social protection, and future workforce priorities
As Thailand pursues OECD membership and an EU trade deal, discussions with the ILO focused on strengthening labour standards, expanding social protection, and preparing workers for economic and technological change. Continue Reading
Thailand targets transnational crime with SHIELD and AI tourist safety push
Thailand has launched a big-data platform named SHIELD to combat transnational crime by connecting databases, digital evidence, and financial trails to track and dismantle criminal networks. To enhance tourist safety, Continue Reading
Thailand seizes THB24bn as scam and nominee crackdown widens
Thailand says online scam cases fell 69.2% after a nine-month crackdown targeting call-centre gangs, mule accounts and foreign nominees Thailand has seized or frozen more than 24 billion baht in Continue Reading
Thailand Boosts Training for New Labour Inspectors
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in collaboration with Thailand’s Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW) of the Ministry of Labour, launched a specialized training programme to strengthen the capacity Continue Reading
Thailand steps up child-labour protection with safe jobs and skills training
The Thai government is strengthening child-labour protection through stricter enforcement, vocational training and more than 10,000 safe holiday jobs for students. Government pledges stronger protection The Thai government has pledged Continue Reading
Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs meets with Deputy Police Commissioner General to discuss cooperation in preventing and combating online scams
On 10 June 2026, Mrs. Eksiri Pintaruchi, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, met with Pol.Gen. Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, Deputy Police Commissioner General, Royal Thai Police, to discuss cooperation between the Ministry Continue Reading
Labour Minister Meets IOM Chief on Migrant Worker Cooperation
Labour Minister Julapun Amornvivat has participated in a meeting with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope in Geneva to discuss cooperation on migrant labor management and worker Continue Reading
Towards Sustainable Solutions for Refugees in Thailand: Appeal (June 2026 - December 2030)
Overview For over four decades, Thailand has provided safe refuge to people fleeing conflict and persecution in Myanmar. Today, a protracted refugee population remains in nine temporary shelters along the Continue Reading