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Pension system in need of reform as cost pressure mounts

August 31, 2023
by Marisa Chimprabha (World)
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Thai society is aging fast. The percentage of the population aged 60 and above was projected to be 20.4 per cent in 2020 and 38.3 per cent in 2050, according…

August 28, 2023
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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By 2030, Thailand will be a super-aged society, with the elderly accounting for 28% of its population. The economic ramifications of the increase in the elderly population are preventable, but…

Some 5000 people take to the street as they protest on the third day of France’s nationwide rallies organised since the start of the year, against a deeply unpopular pensions overhaul in Saint-Denis de la Reunion on the French Indian island of La Reunion on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP)

France hit by new strikes, protests over pension reform

February 7, 2023
by Nad Bunnag
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Fresh strikes hit trains, schools and refineries in France on Tuesday over an unpopular pension reform pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, with nationwide protests planned for later in the day….

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Pension system in need of reform as cost pressure mounts

Knock-on effect of new rules for elderly subsidies

France hit by new strikes, protests over pension reform

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