Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Thailand

Bank of Ayudhya, also known as Krungsri, aims to grow its loans to Japanese corporate and multinational corporate customers (JPC/MNC) by 3.4% this year by focusing on foreign direct investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Bangkok Post

DPM meets Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and METI

Mr. Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Thailand, together with Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), called on Mr. Hirokazu Matsuno, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, and Mr. Hagiuda Koichi, Minister of Economy, Trade & Industry of Japan (METI) on…

Bangkok Post

Mahidol among global top 50 for performing arts

Thailand's Mahidol University ranked among the top 50 universities globally under the performing arts discipline on Subject 2022's QS World University Rankings list.

Bangkok Post

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Govt receives 200k Covovax dose lift

The Ministry of Public Health will distribute 200,000 coronavirus protein-based vaccine doses donated by India and its partners to state-owned hospitals across Thailand with the target of inoculating those unvaccinated people.

Bangkok Post

Data sheds light on Thai Pavilion's triumph

The Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry hailed the Thailand Pavilion at Dubai's World Expo as a success because it attracted more than 2.35 million visitors, which accounted for 9.8% of the fair's total visitor numbers, beating its original target of 7%.

Bangkok Post

Uniqlo eyes sustainable clothing via green tie-up

Uniqlo Thailand, a local unit of the global casual apparel retailer, has teamed up with ReAcc Co, under national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc, and SCG Packaging Plc (SCGP) to create local sustainability initiatives in order to make clothes that are better for the environment.

Bangkok Post

Review build standard

The government's ambition to turn Thailand into the region's aviation hub suffered a hit after a recently-built roof and walls at Don Mueang airport's new passenger hall collapsed after a fierce storm hit the city on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Milli and Mamuang

Thailand's collective appetite for mango and sticky rice went through the roof when Thai teen rapper Milli, whose real name is Danupha Khanatheerakul, performed on the stage of Coachella 2022 on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

Scheme aims to lure Indian tourists

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha says he backs an "Air Travel Bubble" scheme to boost post-pandemic tourism between Thailand and India.

Bangkok Post

Phuket gears up for expo bid

Preparations are underway in Phuket for its bid to host the Specialised Expo 2028-Phuket Thailand, an event the tourism-dependent province hopes will help generate more revenue.

Bangkok Post

Thais, Vietnam talk trade

Following talks between cabinet ministers, Thailand and Vietnam aim to increase the value of bilateral trade to US$25 billion by 2025.

Bangkok Post

Roadshow seeks Japanese investors

The government has organised its first investment roadshow to Japan after the pandemic, aiming to draw funds for electric vehicles (EVs), smart electronics, the medical field, tourism and services, and the bio-, circular and green (BCG) economic model.

Bangkok Post

Hopes high for QSNCC as Apec summit approaches

N.C.C. Management & Development expects the 2022 Apec summit in Thailand to draw at least 30,000 visitors to the new Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC).

Bangkok Post

Zinc batteries in view with plans for plant

Thailand looks set to construct a zinc-ion battery plant to support electric vehicles (EVs) and utilise its own domestic resources.

Bangkok Post

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Expect inflation to worsen, not lessen

The economic theory is clear. Inflation always precedes a recession. Investors also think similarly. A recent Market Live Poll conducted by Bloomberg shows that 15% of investors are expecting a US recession to begin in 2022, 48% in 2023, 21% in 2024 and 16% looking at 2025 or later. Deutsch…

Bangkok Post

A stroll through nostalgia and hope

After the first Covid lockdown in Thailand in 2020, the first performance that brought Bangkok theatregoers back to the physical space was Fullfat Theatre's Save For Later. At that time, the number of cases in Thailand was at a negligible level, and the idea of physical distancing and other pandemic…

The Independent UK

Sister of woman killed by elephant in Thailand ‘disgusted’ at lack of government advert ban

Exclusive: ‘Why is it acceptable for British voters to go abroad and be killed?’ says Helen Costigan, who has been refused meeting with Boris Johnson

Bangkok Post

Plastic fantastic in reverse

Great news for Mae Nam Chao Phraya river-lovers. Soon they will no longer have to pretend not to notice that the old girl has a bit of a beauty problem. She’s been breaking out in unsightly and polluting plastic and Styrofoam spots for too long. Worse, it all ends up…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Bangkok Post

Biden probe into solar imports risks 65% of planned US projects

A United States Commerce Department trade probe that could result in tariffs against solar imports from Southeast Asian nations, including Thailand, is already threatening clean energy projects, according to an advocacy group fighting the investigation.

Bangkok Post

Will Coachella bear fruit for mango farms?

The #mangostickyrice trend and a wave of photos showing people devouring the dessert across social media has boosted sales of the yellow tropical fruit served with warm sticky rice. Thai mango growers welcome this trend for two reasons: mangoes are now in season and farmers have struggled to earn a…

Bangkok Post

From a woman's perspective

There's no gender when it comes to film because gender cannot confine or define talent. Although it might be true that the most obvious gender gap in the film industry today is the director's chair, and a lesser number of women work behind-the-scenes, that doesn't hide the reality that there…

Bangkok Post

Discover tastes of Europe at Gourmet Market food fest

From tomorrow until May 6, the European Union in collaboration with Gourmet Market Thailand is hosting a retail event at the EmQuartier to promote a wide variety of authentic agricultural food and beverages from the 27 member states of the bloc.

Wales Online

Michelin Food Guide Thailand travel review: The best places to eat in Bangkok and Ayutthaya

Thailand is welcoming back tourists after the pandemic

Wales Online

What it’s like to fly for 12 hours on a budget airline where children are banned from one cabin

A new budget airline direct flight from the UK to Thailand has launched at Gatwick Airport with flights from £340

Reuters

Thai party apologises as sexual misconduct cases mount against executive

The leader of one of Thailand's biggest political parties apologised on Tuesday over the conduct of a former executive accused by more than a dozen women of sexual abuse in what some activists have called the country's first "MeToo" moment.

1 … 287 288 289 290

People

Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn

77 stories

Supattanapong Punmeechaow

Duangjai Asawachintachit

21 stories

Nuttapon Nimmanphatcharin

19 stories

Danupha Milli Khanaerakul

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Chulalongkorn University

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.