Thailand will ban recreational use of marijuana by the end of this year but continue to allow its use for medical purposes, the health minister told Reuters in an interview. After Thailand became the …
Biggest Thai Bank to Buy Home Credit Vietnam for $860 Million
SCB X Pcl, Thailand’s biggest bank by market value … subject to regulatory approvals, the Bangkok-listed financial group said in a statement. Bloomberg News first reported news of the deal on …
3 Overlooked Emerging Markets Opportunities: Turkey, Thailand & Taiwan
A Barron’s article appeared at the end of 2023 discussing why Turkey could be one of the biggest emerging markets opportunities in 2024. So far, the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (NASDAQ:TUR) is up 14.3% …
Biggest Thai Bank to buy Home Credit Vietnam for US$860 million
SCB X, Thailand’s biggest bank by market value, agreed to buy consumer lender Home Credit’s business in Vietnam for about US$860 million in a bid to widen its regional footprint. Read more at The …
He booked a one-way ticket to Thailand the day after finishing high school. Now he’s a top Bangkok chef
The Swedish-born executive head chef of Nordic-Asian fusion restaurant Villa Frantzen explains how being forced to give up his passion for muay Thai eventually led him to the kitchen.
Siblings help China’s BYD grab early lead in Thai EV market
After launching BYD in Thailand as the Chinese electric vehicle maker’s sole national distributor a little more than a year ago, siblings Pratarnwong and Pratarnporn Phornprapha were forced to rip up …
Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket attract property buyers from Myanmar
Big-spending buyers from Myanmar have been snapping up more high-end properties in Thailand’s major cities in the past two years, making them top foreign spenders in the property market, according to …
‘They kill and play with their victims’ bodies like dolls’: The elephants terrorising Thailand
It was a stone’s throw from her garden, on the edge of the forest, where Boonsri Pakdee’s husband died after his limbs were torn from his body in a savage attack.
How Thailand’s 2004 tsunami inspired one VC to raise a $50 million fund to invest in sustainability
woos back J.K. Rowling, and living through Thailand’s 2004 tsunami inspired one VC’s investment thesis. Have a thoughtful Tuesday. – Sustainable investing. Sita Chantramonklasri “remember[s] every …
How Thailand’s 2004 tsunami inspired one VC to raise a $50 million fund to invest in sustainability
woos back J.K. Rowling, and living through Thailand’s 2004 tsunami inspired one VC’s investment thesis. Have a thoughtful Tuesday. – Sustainable investing. Sita Chantramonklasri “remember[s] every …