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    • 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
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Thailand faces political deadlock after election winner blocked from power

      Senators appointed by former military junta reject Pita Limjaroenrat’s bid to become prime minister

      Election winner Pita Limjaroenrat
    • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Thailand’s moment of truth: Pita’s struggle for new regime continues

      Move Forward pressured to scrap proposed royal reforms as it seeks to govern

      Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat holds a ‘No. 1’ victory pose at a news conference in Bangkok
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      #techAsia
      Toyota bets on solid-state as CATL eyes Thailand Premium content

      The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

      People view the new Toyota BZ electric vehicle on display at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Thailand’s Harvard-educated election winner challenges military’s grip

      Victory of Pita Limjaroenrat’s progressive Move Forward party represents potential watershed

      Pita with party members on top of an election vehicle
    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Thailand’s opposition leader seeks coalition talks after poll victory

      Move Forward party to discuss way forward with Pheu Thai, led by former PM’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra

      Pita Limjaroenrat waves to supporters
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Prayuth’s new party courts Thai voters with pledge of stability

      Prime minister’s economic tsar takes stock of nine-year legacy

      Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha greets a supporter in Bangkok’s Chinatown
    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      News in-depth
      Thai election pits Shinawatra dynasty against military rulers

      Outcome of Sunday’s poll could have ramifications across south-east Asia

      Supporters of the Pheu Thai party at a rally in Bangkok
    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      LexElectric vehicles
      Thailand: auto hub history provides head start in race to electric Premium content

      China’s CATL is in talks with Bangkok to build EV production facilities

      A Honda production line at a plant in Thailand
    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Thai pandemic borrowing binge prompts calls for repayment delays

      Household debt emerges as campaign issue with general election looming

      A female customer looking at shelves of instant noodles at a supermarket in Bangkok
    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Ruchir Sharma
      The untold story of the world’s most resilient currency

      After Thailand became ground zero in the Asian financial crisis, the baht achieved a long-running stability

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      News in-depthNikkei Asia
      Thailand’s motor industry becomes a Japan-China battleground

      ‘Detroit of south-east Asia’ courts investment from both of Asia’s giants

      Visitors walk past a BYD Co. electric vehicle at the carmaker’s booth at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show in Shanghai, China
    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Art in South-east Asia
      Artist Mit Jai Inn: ‘My work is a process, a living condition, not painting’

      His vivid, socially engaged work reflects on Thailand’s repressive politics and complex spirituality

      A man in a navy T-shirt stands behind a table covered in a dozen candy-coloured objects and vessels, some with light fixtures. He holds a pink object
    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      FT Collecting Supplements
      Art in South-east Asia
    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      LexTesla Inc
      Tesla/Thailand: tax breaks electrify local car market   Premium content

      More companies are expected to move production to the country, boosting its parts makers

      Tesla’s Model 3 on display in Bangkok at a launch event on Wednesday
    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Patcharavipa augments vintage watch and jewellery pieces with Thai gold

      Celebrity favourite jeweller even customises Rolexes

      Patcharavipa Bodiratnangkura
    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Thai PM suspended after legal challenge over length of time in office

      Former coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha accused of overstaying legally mandated eight-year term

      Prayuth Chan-ocha with cabinet ministers  in 2020
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