Thailand’s parliament on Friday elected Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of the conservative Bhumjaithai Party, as the country’s new prime minister. The 58-year-old will become Thailand’s third leader …
Thai business group keeps 2025 GDP growth forecast at 1.8% to 2.2%
BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 1.8% to 2.2% this year, unchanged from a previous forecast, …
Thai industrial estate authority seeks Japanese expertise
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is strengthening cooperation with Japanese authorities and entrepreneurs to better promote growth of targeted industries amid the country’s shift to …
Thailand’s new cannabis rules fuel black market, but some support crackdown
Cannabis stores in Thailand say business has plunged ever since customers needed a doctor’s prescription to buy weed. But advocates for cannabis control are hoping the free-wheeling days of …
Impasse in Thailand as big party stalls on deciding who to back for PM
The biggest party in Thailand’s parliament held out on Monday (Sept 1) in deciding whom it would back to form the next government, prolonging uncertainty as two rival camps jostled for its crucial …
FACTBOX Who could be Thailand’s next PM?
Thailand’s Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been dismissed as prime minister, the fifth premier removed by the Constitutional Court in the space of 17 years.
Thailand Loses Its PM Again
The premature exit of Paetongtarn from high office has sparked fresh political uncertainty in the country, just weeks after the border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia dislocated millions. As …
Their first international flight was a one-way ticket — to retire in Thailand
They also shipped their dog from the US over to Thailand using a pet relocation service.
Indonesia, Thai market outlooks buffeted by political risk
Intensifying protests in Indonesia and the latest leadership upheaval in Thailand are ratcheting up political risk in the two largest emerging markets in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s equity benchmark slid 1.5% on Friday, the biggest decline in the world …
The entrepreneur’s edge in Thailand 2025
Entrepreneurs are wired differently. While others wait for clarity, you move. And in Thailand’s 2025 business landscape, full of volatility, innovation and rapid change, uncertainty is not a barrier.