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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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