Day: September 22, 2021
Thailand-Singapore QR payment system now live on Krungthai NEXT
KRUNGTHAI Bank has opened new and convenient international money transfer and payment services using QR code between Thailand and Singapore. Customers of participating banks in both countries can now make cross-border payments faster with just a QR code scan, NNT said today (Sept. 22). The new service is now available on the Krungthai NEXT mobile …
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Myanmar town near India border sees exodus as thousands flee fighting
By Reuters and published by Channel NewsAsia MOST of the population of a Myanmar town near the Indian border have fled after buildings were set ablaze by artillery amid fighting between militia forces opposed to military rule and the army, according to residents and media reports. About 10,000 people normally live in Thantlang in Chin …
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Chilli sauce shop sells out after evicting red-shirt TV host
THE Thai spicy chilli sauce shop at the centre of a drama with political undertones that erupted yesterday (Sept. 21) after the owner evicted a red-shirt TV programme host despite an appointment for a shoot a month in advance is now raking it in having sold out most of her products overnight, TV Channel 7 …
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Prawit denies butting heads with Prayut, pledges love ‘until death do us part’
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER Prawit Wongsuwan today (Sept. 22) denied he has quietly remained at odds with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and commented they have always loved each other like brothers for the last five decades. During an official visit to flood victims in Ayutthaya, Prawit, who concurrently heads the Palang Pracharath …
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Reopening of Bangkok to vaccinated tourists being put off to Nov. 1
THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is to propose to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) smaller committee today (Sept. 22) that the reopening of Bangkok and four provinces to fully vaccinated tourists be postponed to November 1, Siam Rath newspaper said. The earlier target was to reopen Bangkok and Chiang Mai’s Mueang, …
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