Thailand

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake of Thailand's fifth largest bank, Bank of Ayudhya...

In what is seen as a boost for Laos' idling industrial sector, a joint-venture has been set up between Thailand-based TMC Industrial and Laotian...

The Philippines and Thailand on June 21 signed three cooperation agreements aimed at boosting economic ties between the two Southeast Asian countries. Philippine Foreign Secretary...

The Thai armed forces will buy six Lakota military helicopters worth an estimated $77 million, the Pentagon announced on June 21. “This proposed sale will...

The hope for a timely launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by end-2015, which has long been trumpeted by former ASEAN Secretary General...

Launched as a classifieds site 14 years ago, today Tarad is Thailand’s largest e-commerce portal, acting as a platform for countless SMEs in the...

A new generation of Thais is increasingly being turned on to online shopping through the use of mobile tablets. No, not precocious primary school...

Farmers from 22 Thai provinces have issued the government in Bangkok an ultimatum of seven days to to reconsider its decision to slash the...

Thailand's low-cost carrier Nok Air began trading its shares in an initial public offering on the Stock Exchange of Thailand on June 20, raising...

The Thai Cabinet has approved the selection of four bidders for the design and construction of sustainable water resource management and flood prevention systems...

John McAfee, founder and ex-owner of McAfee Inc, an anti-virus software still popular in Southeast Asia, has resurfaced on the web with a bizarre...

Cyber security policies pose a conundrum. In endeavouring to protect citizens against malicious online attacks, how can governments ensure the public they are not...

The Thai government under much criticism agreed on June 19 to cut the fixed price for its rice subsidy scheme from 15,000 to 12,000...

Thailand and Myanmar have agreed to breathe life into the idling Dawei project of an industrial park cum sea port in southern Myanmar and...

Investment applications to Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) in 2013 would be at least 1 trillion baht ($32 billion), up from the previous target...

Backed by the strong yuan, China International Water & Electric Corporation (CWE), a leading Chinese state utility, said it wants to invest in Thai...

Thailand's rice farmers, or at least their organisation Thai Farmers Association, have suggested the government cut the ceiling prices of the highly disputed rice...