Month: December 2021

Lifting the lid on Thailand’s ‘mystery box’ trend

“Mystery boxes” have become a hot trend in recent months, as COVID-19 spurs a switch to online shopping in Thailand. One influencer, Pimrypie, even managed to sell Bt100 million worth of mystery boxes in less than 10 minutes. But not everyone was happy…

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GiftChill, the Mega Gift Cards Platform Adds Three Meme Coins to Their List to Purchase Gift Cards

The gift card platform has added DOGE, SHIB, and KISHU to expand Cryptocurrencies adoption giftchill added shiba inu, dogecoin and kishu inu TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GiftChill (giftchill.co.uk), a cryptocurrency to gift card exchange platform, has recently added three more cryptocurrencies to its ever-growing list of accepted coins and tokens; […]

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Strengthening Multicultural Society in the Deep South

The Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center (SBPAC) has proposed a plan to strengthen the multicultural society in the southern border provinces for the 2022 fiscal year.The plan was discussed at a meeting held recently, with the participation …

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2021: The year mass vaccination injected mass confusion in Thailand

With over 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Thailand, 2021 has been a year of mass vaccination but also frustration and confusion.As the year began, the country was abuzz with talk of vaccines. Countries like the United Kingdom had …

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Thailand Moving toward Becoming World Herb Hub

The Thai government has encouraged farmers to grow herbal plants of high quality in response to its policy of developing Thailand into a world herb hub, or a leading center for exports of herbal raw materials and products.Prime Minister and Defense Min…

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How a proposed tax on share trading will affect investors

The Finance Ministry is considering levying a financial transaction tax (FTT) on stock trading next year, but a decision will depend on economic conditions, Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith revealed recently.What is FTT?The ministry is consid…

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Thailand book place in AFF Suzuki Cup final

Thailand booked their place in the AFF Suzuki Cup final for a ninth time in 13 attempts after they held defending champions Vietnam to a goalless draw on Sunday in the second leg of the semi-finals to complete a 2-0 aggregate victory. The Vietnamese do…

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2021: Year of unprecedented monarchy debate capped by a chilling court ruling

Before the birth of the youth-led protest movement in 2020, criticism of the monarchy and calls for changes to the institution were only limited to academia.But after the movement made three core demands – a more democratic Constitution, the resignatio…

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Bangkok city hall partially opens the Chong Nonsi floating park to the public

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) opened an exhibition today (Saturday), to showcase the transformation of Chong Nonsi Canal, in Bangkok’s Sathorn district, into a new kind of park, floating on the canal.The exhibition, which features music sho…

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Utility pole in footbridge in Sattahip district finally removed

Workers from the local electricity authority and a construction company removed a utility pole from a footbridge under construction today (Saturday), in front of a shopping mall in the Sattahip district of Thailand’s Chon Buri province.The workers used…

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