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As digital financial services grow, DeeMoney leads the way
Digital transactions in Thailand are rising significantly, data from the Bank of Thailand shows. Mobile and internet payments were up 83 percent in 2018 from 2016, while fund transfers through traditional channels – branches and ATMs – sank.Keep reading ...
2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge ready for Tuesday opening
Preparations have been underway for the opening of the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s Mae Sot district and Myanmar’s border city of Myawaddy on Tuesday. Therdkiat Chinsoranand, the mayor of Nakhon Mae Sot Municipality, on Sunday inspected the preparations. The construction of the bridge, ...
Assawin Pinitwong
“Village Fund and Urban Community” project: Key mechanism to reduce inequality and strengthen the grassroots
Inequality is like a cancer, which has been deep-rooted in Thai society for many years. Although successive Thai governments have allocated budgets to tackle the issue, the problem has not been eliminated or improved over the years.The Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560 ...
Thailand's early voting kicks off with crowds, long lines
Hundreds of thousands of voters crowded into schools, parking lots and temples across Thailand on Sunday, eager to cast an early ballot a week before the country’s first election in eight years.Advanced voting is usually a tepid affair, but on Sunday excitement was high as ...
Election Commission says advance ballots to be kept safe
The Election Commission (EC) has promised the advance ballots cast on Sunday in a prelude to the general election will be in safe hands. EC deputy secretary-general Nat Laosisawakul said on Sunday that maximum security measures will be maintained as advance ballot papers are sent ...
Mongkol Bangprapa
Command centre set up for drought mitigation
While the Yom River at tambon Wang Chik of Phichit’s Pho Prathap Chang district has almost dried up, provincial governor Worapan Suwannus has set up a command centre for drought prevention and mitigation.The centre will monitor and analyse the drought situation daily, assist related agencies ...
Sayan Chucham
National Education Bill far too flawed to sail through: educator
The National Education Bill – which was drafted in the hope of bringing better changes to the Kingdom’s educational sector, is far too flawed to sail through, a prominent educator said.“I believe this bill will not be implemented as law, as it has too many ...
Chularat Saengpassa
Bangkok students strike against climate change
Bangkok students led by an 11-year-old, among others, went on strike on Friday and abandoned their classrooms to join the global “Fridays for Future” movement calling for action on climate change and environmental protection.As documented on the Twitter account “greenpeaceth”, the students rallied outside the ...
Ministry of Labor launches elderly employment program
The Ministry of Labor has worked with government and private agencies to provide career advice to the elderly to promote employment among the demographic.Keep watching ...
WARNING: Dengue cases four times worse than last year
A nationwide alert has gone up about a big rise in Dengue cases across the country. Hospitals nationwide are being ordered to set up emergency facilities to deal with the worrying rise in cases of dengue fever since the start of 2019.Workpoint News reports that, in ...
