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        "id": 1383030,
        "msgid": "thai-to-launch-islamic-bank-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-12-15 00:00:00",
        "title": "Thai to launch Islamic bank",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AFP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Thai to launch Islamic bank BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's state-run Government Savings Bank (GSB) is to open an Islamic bank counter in its southernmost branch, bank officials said Monday. The service, approved by the Finance Ministry, will be the first in Thailand when it opens in the branch in Satun province, 970 kilometers (584 miles) south of Bangkok. The GSB will offer \"interest free\" and other banking services in line with Islamic beliefs.",
        "content": "<p>Thai to launch Islamic bank<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Thailand's state-run Government Savings Bank<br>\n(GSB) is to open an Islamic bank counter in its southernmost<br>\nbranch, bank officials said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The service, approved by the Finance Ministry, will be the<br>\nfirst in Thailand when it opens in the branch in Satun province,<br>\n970 kilometers (584 miles) south of Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>The GSB will offer \"interest free\" and other banking services<br>\nin line with Islamic beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Some 4.5 percent of mainly Buddhist Thailand's 61 million<br>\npeople are Moslem, concentrated in the five southernmost<br>\nprovinces.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/thai-to-launch-islamic-bank-1447893297",
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