Minister: Unemployment figures in Thailand better than expected


Pro-democracy protesters attending a rally to demand the government to resign, to dissolve the parliament and to hold new elections under a revised constitution, in Bangkok on Sunday (Aug 16). - Reuters

BANGKOK, Aug 16 (Xinhua): Thailand's Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin has announced in a press briefing that the total number of unemployed people in Thailand was at around 2 to 3 million, instead of 7 to 8 million previously predicted.

The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) did the calculation, it cannot be wrong, as the latter is Thailand's economic planner, said Suchart.

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