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  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Global migration
    Digital nomads bound for south-east Asian sunshine face visa dilemma

    Countries such as Thailand and Indonesia have tried to formalise process but struggle to boost take-up

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Lex
    Thailand’s tourism comeback is doing little for its stock market Premium content

    Investor uncertainty over escalating political unrest has resulted in bleak outlook for Thai equities

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  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Interview
    Thai election winner Pita says party ban would ‘turbocharge’ calls for change

    Pita Limjaroenrat faces exclusion from public office over pledge to reform repressive lèse majesté law

    A portrait of Pita Limjaroenrat looking out of an office window
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Thailand to indict former PM Thaksin for allegedly insulting monarchy

    Lèse majesté charge is second legal challenge for government backed by populist former PM

    Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on his return to the country in August last year from 15 years in self-imposed exile
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Airlines
    What airlines can do about dangerous invisible turbulence

    Severe turbulence of the type that hit a Singapore Airlines flight this week has increased by half in the North Atlantic as the climate changes

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  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
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    Inside a temple to Thai textiles and crafts

    Kalm Village founders Achariyar and Araya Rojanapirom
  • Thursday, 7 March, 2024
    South-East Asia
    Margins wane for banks in south-east Asia as US interest rate cuts loom

    Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia anticipate rocky road in loan earnings

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  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Thaksin Shinawatra
    Thailand grants parole to former prime minister Thaksin

    Ex-leader convicted in absentia in 2008 returned to country last year from self-imposed exile

    Thaksin Shinawatra
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2024
    News in-depth
    Thai PM clashes with central bank governor over $14bn handout plan

    Stalemate over move to issue one-off payments to low-income citizens complicates forecasts for country’s economic recovery

    Srettha Thavisin, prime minister of Thailand
  • Thursday, 18 January, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The world’s cities are not ready for climate change

    Urban areas must rapidly become more resilient to rising temperatures

    Flooding in Bangkok in 2017
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Israel-Hamas war
    Thai worker describes ordeal as Gaza captive

    Wichian Temthong was held for seven weeks in tunnels by Hamas with three Israelis later killed by IDF

    Wichian Temthong
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    Thai PM Srettha faces hard sell with $14bn stimulus handout

    Prime minister has pushed cabinet for quick domestic wins after focusing on foreign affairs in first 100 days in office

    Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin against a red nackground
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
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    Sugar: rain pain ensures price will cane it for a while Premium content

    Consumers worldwide will be paying steep prices for the next year at least

    A farmer harvests sugarcane at a field in Pushkar, Rajasthan state, India
  • Saturday, 28 October, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    How Thai workers became integral to Israel’s economy

    Experts say arrangement was ‘strategic decision’ to replace Palestinian labour

    Thai migrant workers in a military airport in Bangkok. A Royal Thai Air Force jet is in the background
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    HTSIHTSI autumn travel special
    The raw cool of Bangkok

    One of the most electrifying cities in south-east Asia, Thailand’s vibrant capital hums with energy and style

    Model Thanapat Tungthanakornkit, 23, wears Louis Vuitton cotton tank top and wool-mix MTO-embroidered trousers, both POA
  • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
    FT Magazine
    The fake hitman, the crypto king and a wild revenge plan gone bad

    Kobus Steyn thought he’d found a whale of a client. Then his assignment turned from make-work to murder

  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Thai voters complain of betrayal after Thaksin Shinawatra’s return

    Billionaire former prime minister’s home province turns against him after his Pheu Thai party aligns with military-backed foes

    Thaksin Shinawatra
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Thai king cuts Thaksin’s jail sentence to one year

    Charismatic billionaire returned from 15 years of self-imposed exile last week to face court

    Thaksin Shinawatra raises his clasped hands to his face in a greeting gesture
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    India’s rice export ban brings chaos to Thai market

    Surging demand for the grain sparks speculative hoarding and thwarts export opportunity

    A farmer works in a rice paddy in Thailand’s central Khon Kaen province
  • Friday, 25 August, 2023
    Thaksin Shinawatra’s party seals ‘Faustian’ pact with Thai military

    Former prime minister returns from exile as his Pheu Thai party mends ties with former foes

    Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    ReviewFood & Drink14 min
    Inside the UK ‘jungle farm’ that grows Thai vegetables | FT Food Revolution

    A cocktail of passion, soil and butterflies brings a taste of Thailand to Soho's Speedboat Bar

    FT Food Revolution: Thai food from Dorset farm
  • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    Wagner group’s Prigozhin presumed dead

    Nvidia’s revenue more than doubled in the latest quarter

  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    Thailand’s former PM Thaksin Shinawatra jailed after return from exile

    Populist former leader arrives as parliament approves his party’s candidate as prime minister

    Thaksin Shinawatra greets supporters after arriving at Don Mueang airport in Bangkok on Tuesday
  • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
    Thai election winner blocked from premiership

    Senators reject Pita Limjaroenrat’s candidacy as court suspends him from parliament

    Pita Limjaroenrat sits inside the Thai parliament
  • Monday, 17 July, 2023
    News in-depth
    Role of monarchy at heart of battle for Thailand’s future

    Senators appointed by former military junta have kept Pita Limjaroenrat out of government

    Supporters hold a picture of prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat after he was blocked from power by Thailand’s national assembly
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