In a small town in northeastern Thailand nearly three decades ago, a father-and-son team designed and built a modern hardware store just as the country’s economy was about to collapse. The 1997 Asian Financial Crisis hit weeks after they opened. They survived it, and today that single store has grown into Siam Global House, a … Read more
Most restaurant owners measure success in two numbers: how many branches they’ve opened, and how much money landed in the bank at the end of the year. Maguro Group — the Bangkok-based company behind the Maguro sushi chain, the Hitori Shabu hot pot brand, and nearly a dozen other Japanese and Korean dining concepts — … Read more
Bangkok isn’t the only Thai city rolling out the red carpet for Chinese travelers this October. In a quiet but telling shift, Thailand’s tourism authority is now counting direct flights into a small northeastern provincial capital as part of its strategy to win back Chinese visitors — a sign of just how seriously the country … Read more
Tucked behind Chiang Mai’s tourist-clogged night bazaar sits a neighborhood most visitors walk straight past: Chang Moi, a warren of aging shophouses that once thrived as the city’s river-trade hub before fading into the background of Thailand’s most photographed province. That is now changing on purpose. Chiang Mai’s city government has turned faded walls, old … Read more
Thailand’s foreign condominium market just delivered a plot twist. For years, the story was simple: Chinese buyers dominated, everyone else was a footnote. But new government data from the first half of 2026 shows a market splitting into distinct camps — one shrinking fast, one racing ahead, and a handful of wildcards rewriting the rules … Read more
Bangkok’s skyline is famous for temples and skyscrapers. Increasingly, it should also be famous for something less glamorous but far more consequential: hospital beds. Over the past five and a half years, Thailand’s government has quietly funneled the equivalent of $1.17 billion into 123 healthcare projects, from glass-tower private hospitals to specialized cancer and kidney … Read more
BANGKOK — A coalition of 100 organizations wants to convince Thailand — and eventually the world — that living to 100 in good health isn’t a fantasy, it’s a business plan. On September 9, 2026, an industry group called the Sustainable Medical Tourism Innovation Association (a Thai trade body that promotes the country’s health and … Read more
Thailand is sitting on a strange contradiction. The country has the electricity generation capacity, the industrial land, and now the corporate ambition to become a serious player in Asia’s data center race. What it may not have, according to one of its biggest energy players, is a rulebook flexible enough to let any of that … Read more
For decades, Chiang Mai built its reputation on temples, night markets, and the kind of slow, cafe-culture charm that made it a favorite stop on the Southeast Asian backpacker trail. But a quieter economic story has been unfolding in the city’s back streets — one that has little to do with hotel bookings or tour … Read more
Walk into a hospital in Bangkok today and you might find yourself in the middle of a health resort rather than a place people go when they’re sick. Genetic testing, sleep labs, longevity clinics, and “biological age” scoring have become part of the pitch — and Thailand is betting that this shift, not factories or … Read more