What is PromptPay? A Guide for Noobs.
Use an ATM or banking app and you’ve probably been nagged to register for a service called PromptPay. Maybe you’ve even gone ahead and done so without any idea what it is.
Nation Multimedia Taken Over By Far-Right News Corp
BANGKOK — An ultraconservative news agency said Sunday that it has acquired the media conglomerate behind Thailand’s No. 2 English-language newspaper to “rescue” it from insolvency.
Back in Fashion? Thai Traditional Dress and How to Pull it Off
Experts observed a renaissance of interest in traditional dress thanks to period dramas and market fairs initiated by the King.
Khaosod English Exclusive: Russians in Thai Jail Offer Secrets on Trump Election For US...
PATTAYA — A Russian woman in Thai custody says she will trade dirt on Russian interference in the 2016 US election if the Americans can prevent her from being deported to Russia.
Drunk Ratchaburi Man Wakes Up Without Penis
RATCHABURI — It seemed like just another alcohol-soaked karaoke rager for a Ratchaburi mechanic, only this time he blacked out and woke to find his penis was no longer there.
Filipina Woman Caught Overstaying in Thailand for Over 4 Years
A Filipino national had entered and exited Thailand 26 times. Thai police have just found that she had been overstaying in the kingdom for four years.
Miss Grand Thailand 2019 ‘Coco’ Finishes as 2nd-Runner Up
CARACAS, Venezuela — Thailand’s entry to the Miss Grand International pageant landed in the second-runner up, losing to Venezuela.
Khaosan Road Won’t Return to Normalcy ‘Till 2021’
BANGKOK — The street associated with Bangkok’s tourism and free-wheeling parties is now shuttered in the dark, and a bar manager there said he didn’t expect the situation to improve by this year’s end.
Mark Zuckerberg Has No Plans to Visit Thailand or Prayuth: Facebook
BANGKOK — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not traveling to Thailand to meet junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha, the social media giant said Wednesday.
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How to Find the Victory Monument Vans (Now That They’re Gone)
BANGKOK — Instead of walking straight to Rajavithi Hospital from where his van stops at Victory Monument, Prasit Ngeyong on Tuesday had to add a 20-minute taxi ride to reach his regular doctor’s appointment.
