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  • 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

  • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
    Thailand’s currency wilts as Covid wreaks havoc on tourism

    Baht has shed 9% this year as ‘balance of payments shock’ takes heavy toll on sentiment

  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    John Reed
    Thais grow restive in year two of Covid

    Government outlaws online comments, whether true or not, that cause ‘fear’

  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Thailand outlaws reports that cause ‘fear’ as Covid-19 cases surge

    Critics say measure is an attempt to prevent discussion of government’s pandemic management

  • Saturday, 24 July, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    AstraZeneca admits ‘complicated’ Thai vaccine production launch

    Anglo-Swedish drugmaker pledges to supply 5m-6m doses as Thailand battles record wave of infections

  • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
    News in-depth
    Thailand packs its tourism hopes in ‘Phuket Sandbox’

    Vaccinated foreign visitors will be able to holiday on the island without having to quarantine

  • Friday, 11 June, 2021
    Special ReportInvesting in Education
    Why ‘Bad Students’ give bad marks to Thailand’s schools

    Pupil protesters say both they and the economy are failed by an authoritarian system

  • Thursday, 10 June, 2021
    The Big Read
    A king’s vaccine: Thailand’s struggle to deliver jabs to its people

    The company producing the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country is owned by the monarch and there are signs of delays in the politically-sensitive rollout

  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
    Thailand to launch mass vaccine drive as Covid cases surge

    Campaign built around Oxford/AstraZeneca jab manufactured by company owned by king

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    FT Wealth
    The historic Thai business group with German roots

    Thai culture is a mélange of foreign influences — a description that also applies to the country’s billionaire business-owning families

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