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  • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
    Thai pandemic borrowing binge prompts calls for repayment delays

    Household debt emerges as campaign issue with general election looming

  • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
    Ruchir Sharma
    The untold story of the world’s most resilient currency

    After Thailand became ground zero in the Asian financial crisis, the baht achieved a long-running stability

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Thailand’s motor industry becomes a Japan-China battleground

    ‘Detroit of south-east Asia’ courts investment from both of Asia’s giants

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    Art in South-east Asia
    Artist Mit Jai Inn: ‘My work is a process, a living condition, not painting’

    His vivid, socially engaged work reflects on Thailand’s repressive politics and complex spirituality

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    FT Collecting Supplements
    Art in South-east Asia
  • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
    LexTesla Inc
    Tesla/Thailand: tax breaks electrify local car market   Premium content

    More companies are expected to move production to the country, boosting its parts makers

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Watches & Jewellery
    Patcharavipa augments vintage watch and jewellery pieces with Thai gold

    Celebrity favourite jeweller even customises Rolexes

  • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
    Thai PM suspended after legal challenge over length of time in office

    Former coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha accused of overstaying legally mandated eight-year term

  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    Janan Ganesh
    Why the urban rebirth surprised the media

    In the Thai capital, the cacophony of a post-lockdown resurgence is music to this urbanite’s ears

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    HTSI
    Iced coffee – condensed

    Be transported to south-east Asia by the drinks menu at a new canteen in London

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Thailand axes planned 15% cryptocurrency tax

    Move follows proposals to limit digital currency payments

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Thailand’s Bitkub plans crypto expansion in SE Asia

    Chief plots push into region amid growing trading volumes during pandemic

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Thai stock exchange chief cautions against securities transaction tax

    Government is also mulling a 15 per cent levy on cryptocurrency trading

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    The skimpy crop-tops that are infuriating Thai authorities

    Prosecutors crack down on activists sporting midriff-baring garments beloved by the king

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Omicron forces Asian countries to abandon reopening of borders

    Strict travel controls threaten to damage the region’s economic recovery next year

  • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
    News in-depthCentral Pattana PCL
    The Thai retailer hoovering up Europe’s luxury department stores

    Central Group is negotiating to buy Selfridges after buying and transforming names including KaDeWe and Rinascente

  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    News in-depthTelecoms
    South-east Asian telecoms merge into mega-groups to invest in 5G

    Lax regulators are allowing too much consolidation and harming competition, analysts warn

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    Selfridges & Co Ltd
    Thai conglomerate in advanced talks to buy Selfridges

    Sale would end Weston family’s ownership of retail group best-known for flagship Oxford Street store

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Inside BusinessJohn Reed
    Thai retail deal adds to questions on market dominance

    Charoen Pokphand’s acquisition of Tesco business has been opposed by consumer groups

  • Monday, 8 November, 2021
    John Reed
    Thailand is open — for those who conquer its digital travel pass

    Navigating the Thai Pass is causing a headache for whiny ‘farangs’ and returning citizens alike

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Global Economy
    Low vaccination rates blamed for ‘diverging’ south-east Asia growth

    Asian Development Bank says economic recovery in some countries is being held back by Covid outbreaks

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    Thailand to offer 10-year visas to ‘wealthy global citizens’

    Scheme targets affluent pensioners and digital nomads who invest in the country

  • Saturday, 4 September, 2021
    InterviewFilm
    Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul: ‘Thai people have to self-censor all the time’

    The film-maker’s work is dreamy and mysterious, but his new exhibition offers sharp political critiques

  • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Thailand’s Covid crisis exposes the reality of ‘2% unemployment’

    Official figure masks increasing economic woes that could add to prime minister’s problems

  • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Thailand moved to England’s ‘red’ travel list as seven destinations go ‘green’

    Travellers arriving from Canada, Denmark and Switzerland will have restrictions eased from Monday

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