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Q1 jobless rate drops to 1.53% as Covid curbs ease

Almost 4,000 people pass a temperature checkpoint ahead of exams for jobs as teachers and civil servants at the Office of Non-Formal and Informal Education at Suan Dusit University. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

Thailand’s official unemployment rate in the first quarter declined to its lowest level since the pandemic and the trend should continue as restrictions ease and foreign tourists return, the state planning agency said on Monday.

The Southeast Asian country has relaxed most of its restrictions as infections decline and will lift curbs on nightlife from June to try to revive its vital tourism sector.

Thailand’s official unemployment rate dropped to 1.53% in the March quarter, representing 610,000 jobless workers, from 1.64% the…

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