BANGKOK,(NNT) – The Social Security Office (SSO) has debunked a claim that Thailand’s unemployment rate is on the rise.
In response to a comment by a scholar and a TV host, Siroj Klampaiboon, who claimed Thailand is experiencing the highest unemployment rate in many years, the Social Security Office said the comment was false as more than 120,000 new workers registered for a social security number between 2015 and 2016.
The SSO’s statement was echoed by Department of Industrial Works Director-General Mongkol Pruekwatana who said that 10 industries in Thailand are growing exponentially, which reflects a high demand for labor, adding that the industrial sector has in the past year invested a total of 103 billion baht.
