Thailand

Business 4 min IMF and World Bank Publish a 12-Point Plan for Fighting Online Fraud in Finance The Bangkok Blueprint, drawn up with the Bank of Thailand, calls for accountability beyond banks, including pl... EV Eva Chin 15 Oct ASEAN Tech 4 min Infineon Opened a Chip Plant in Thailand. The 5,000 Jobs Depend on Four More Buildings Thai officials cite US$1.4 billion and more than 5,000 jobs. Infineon commits to one module with about 1,000 s... DA Daniel Koh 5 Oct Science 5 min Waves, Not Just Tides, Decide Where Mangroves Can Take Root on Open Coasts Where mangroves grow has mostly been explained by the tides. A Nature study of 400 coastal sites finds that on... NA Nadia Rahim 2 Oct ASEAN Tech 3 min Vietnam Edged Past Thailand in the Global Innovation Index. WIPO's Own Ranges Call It a Tie. The 2026 rankings put the two neighbours one place apart, inside overlapping confidence intervals. Singapore h... DA Daniel Koh 1 Oct Business 4 min Thailand's Floods Shut Four Toyota Plants. The Government Asked Thai Airways Not to Stop Cargo. Missing parts idled Toyota's factories and absent staff stalled Bangkok's main airport. The airline announced... EV Eva Chin 30 Sep ASEAN Tech 4 min Thailand's Top Court Rules Ballot Barcodes and QR Codes Did Not Break the Secret Vote The unanimous ruling keeps February's election valid. Identifying a voter would need three locked records link... DA Daniel Koh 29 Sep ASEAN Tech 4 min Thailand's THIM Immigration App Reads Your Passport Chip and Scans Your Face THIM launched formally on 25 September with the digital arrival card on board. The bureau plans to add visa ex... SA Sarah Chew 28 Sep Business 4 min Thailand's Deficit With China Reached $62.7 Billion as Its US Surplus Grew to $45.5 Billion Commerce ministry figures for January to August show both gaps widening. Telecom equipment tops the list of go... EV Eva Chin 27 Sep AI & ML 6 min Thailand's Pathumma Moves From Answering Questions to Filing Government Forms Five agencies, seven domains and the Model Context Protocol. Land records, tax and civil registration are the... KE Kenji Tanaka 17 Sep ASEAN Tech 8 min Thailand Now Makes Data Centres Prove the Power Exists Before Approving Them Since 30 March, a data-centre developer seeking Thai investment privileges must file a letter from the energy... SA Sarah Chew 3 Aug ASEAN Tech 7 min Igloo Buys Eazy Digital in Its Second Thailand Move in a Year — a Bet on Insurtech Consolidation Singapore insurtech Igloo has acquired Eazy Digital, a Singapore-headquartered insurtech with operations acros... SA Sarah Chew 9 Jul ASEAN Tech 5 min Thailand's EV Revolution: How Southeast Asia's Car Industry Is Being Reshaped Thailand is becoming ASEAN's electric vehicle manufacturing hub as Chinese EV makers enter the market. Here is... RE RECATOOLS Editorial 5 May