The Tea Tycoon Who Wants to Sell You Fertilizer: Inside Thailand’s Unlikely Agribusiness Bet

Thailand’s best-known bottled tea entrepreneur just placed a bet that has nothing to do with tea. Ichitan Group, the company behind the ubiquitous green-and-gold Ichitan iced tea bottles found in nearly every 7-Eleven from Chiang Mai to Phuket, is moving into fertilizer — a business as far removed from beverages as motor oil is from … Read more

Thailand’s First Nuclear Reactor by 2037? Inside EGAT’s Three-Phase Bet on Small Modular Power

Thailand, a country that has never operated a nuclear power plant, has just laid out a roadmap to build one within roughly a decade. The state utility running the plan insists nothing is set in stone — no site, no vendor, no final government sign-off. But the timeline, the technology, and the ambition behind it … Read more

A 145-Year-Old Japanese Seafood Giant Just Bought Into Thailand’s Tuna King — Here’s Why That Matters Far Beyond Canned Fish

I’ll research this partnership announcement to get accurate details before writing.# A 145-Year-Old Japanese Seafood Giant Just Bought Into Thailand’s Tuna King — Here’s Why That Matters Far Beyond Canned Fish If you have ever opened a can of tuna in the United States, Australia, or Japan, there is a good chance it passed through … Read more

Why a Cable at the Bottom of the Ocean Could Decide Who Wins Southeast Asia’s AI Race

Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest infrastructure players just placed a multi-billion-baht bet that has nothing to do with factories, tourism, or exports — Thailand’s classic economic pillars. Instead, it’s about fiber-optic glass strands running along the seabed of the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea. On September 10, 2026, Gulf Development and Singtel … Read more

Thailand’s $3 Million Gamble: Can Silk, Sequins and a Sacred Serpent Turn Grandma’s Weaving Loom Into the Next Big Tourist Draw?

Bangkok is about to stage something unusual for a government tourism campaign: a three-day fashion event where century-old weaving traditions, a mythical river serpent, and a university student’s graduation portfolio all share the same runway. It’s called THAI T’REASURES by Amazing Thailand, and behind the sequins is a calculated economic bet — one that Thai … Read more