Thailand

A whopping 63 per cent of hotels in Thailand still recorded losses in February 2022, a result of ongoing restrictions after two years of...

Manufacturing activity in and tourism bookings to Southeast Asia both improved since the beginning of the year, two separate sets of data show. Thailand’s manufacturing...

Some rich and wealthy figures in Thailand might have a lot of explaining to do after a massive data leak revealed that over 1,000...

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s fourth-largest bank by assets, on February 15 announced that it is investing $100 million in Indonesian fintech startup Akulaku,...

The Thai government is close to approving a potentially sharp rise in the daily minimum wage from a rate between 313 baht ($9.37) and...

Total receipts from tourism in all of Thailand’s 77 provinces slipped to another historic low in 2021, declining by 69.6 per cent to 241.4...

The property markets in Singapore and Vietnam are likely to emerge faster than their Southeast Asian peers from the economic slump brought along by...

  Thailand’s central bank has started working on a regulatory framework for virtual banks in an aim to keep pace with consumer needs in the...

Smart Automobile, a joint venture of Chinese carmaker Geely and Germany’s Mercedes-Benz headquartered in Hangzhou, plans to sell China-built, Smart-badged electric vehicles in Southeast...

Thailand’s health ministry as part of accelerated plans to legalise cannabis for recreational use in the country is contemplating the setup of a so-called...

Demand for crocodile meat is surging in Thailand as the price of pork continues to rise. The reason is a supply shortage of pork...

Citigroup agreed to sell its consumer banking businesses in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam with a customer base of about 2.4 million to Singapore’s...

Thailand will begin collecting a 300-baht ($9) “entry fee” from foreign tourists starting from April regardless whether they enter the country by air, land...

Thailand is getting one step further in the deployment of electricity-powered motorcycle taxis and canal boats for public transportation with an aim to reduce...

Thai retail and hospitality conglomerate Central Group and Austrian property investment company Signa Group said on December 23 that they would jointly acquire UK...

Thailand on December17 launched Southeast Asia’s first and largest 5G-powered smart hospital in cooperation with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and Huawei Thailand,...

US car company Ford Motor and Danish toymaker Lego are planning to make substantial investments in Thailand and Vietnam, respectively, in the coming years...

Thailand is considering allowing casino operations in the country, ending a decade-long ban of gambling that covers all forms except the state lottery and...