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A staff member prepares a cannabis flower for a customer in Bangkok in June 2025, after Thailand banned sales without a prescription. Photo: AP
Thailand

Thailand tightens cannabis sales as dispensaries face closure ahead of election

Thailand, the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis in 2022, tightens rules to appeal to conservative voters ahead of pivotal election.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Nvidia chooses China’s Hesai for lidar in Hyperion autonomous driving platform

Food and Drinks

Unsung Eats: 5 best places to eat – and drink – in Bangkok

Thailand

Cambodia accuses Thailand of ‘annexing’ border village despite ceasefire

The Thai army said it had taken control of areas it claims always belonged to Thailand but were ‘occupied’ by Cambodia.

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A view of damaged houses following clashes between Cambodian and Thai soldiers, in Chouk Chey village in Banteay Meanchey province on January 2, 2026. Photo: Agence Kampuchea Press/AFP
Switzerland

Explainer | Swiss bar inferno joins long list of world’s worst club fires

A look at some of the worst fires in bars, nightclubs and music venues in past decades, where celebrations turned to tragedy in seconds.

Diplomacy

Editorial | China provides substance to Cambodia-Thailand peace efforts

The road to peace will not be easy but both China and Southeast Asia have a deep stake in restoring regional peace and stability.

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China-Asean relations

Cambodia and Thailand agree to resume exchanges after meeting with China

Ceasefire deal was ‘hard won and must not be allowed to stall’, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi says.

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On December 29, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre) met Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Prak Sokhonn (left), who is also the country’s foreign minister, and Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow in Yunnan province. Photo: Agence Kampuchea Presse/AFP
Banking & finance

OCBC, Bangkok Bank, First Abu Dhabi join US$14 billion offshore yuan scheme

Leading banks from Southeast Asia and the Middle East are taking part in the programme, underscoring the city’s push as an offshore yuan hub.

Myanmar

‘Lost my future’: Myanmar’s ‘charade’ election dims hopes of diaspora

The junta’s phased election starting on Sunday has been slammed as a ploy for its generals to stay in power.

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2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict

Malaysia: Cambodia, Thailand set for Christmas Eve truce talks after Asean push

The breakthrough was quickly threatened as Cambodia accused Thailand of bombing border provinces with F-16s just hours later.

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Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan speaks at an Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur in July. On Monday, he said the bloc had a responsibility to help find a solution to the Cambodia–Thailand conflict. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

31 Malaysians repatriated from Myanmar job scam syndicate

The job scam victims rescued from a Myawaddy job syndicate return home safely after intensive diplomatic negotiations and a 26-hour land journey.

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People from China, Vietnam, and Ethiopia – believed trafficked and forced to work in scam centers – sit masked in detention after their February release in Myawaddy, eastern Myanmar. Photo: AP
Cambodia

Cambodia says Thai F-16s hit near displaced civilian camp

The strikes reportedly penetrated 70km into Siem Reap province, bringing the war close to Angkor Wat.

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Malaysia

As Southeast Asia’s middle classes lose their homes, the rich get sky garages

As wealthy buyers seek penthouses with living-room supercar parking, struggling families battle banks to keep a roof overhead.

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Asean

‘Credible mediation’: Asean urged to help halt deadly Thailand-Cambodia clashes

Analysts urge Asean to take ‘urgent, coordinated action’ if it hopes to mediate an end to the Thailand-Cambodia conflict.

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A Thai villager inspects his house damaged during clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops, at a village in Surin province, Thailand, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
Thailand

‘Everyone gets a cut’: why Southeast Asia’s scam industry refuses to die

Authorities are seizing assets and raiding compounds, but analysts warn the clumsy crackdown is merely scattering syndicates to new hideouts.

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A woman counts US dollars and Japanese yen banknotes in Phnom Penh. Scam money’s reach extends far beyond the Mekong. Photo: AFP
Thailand

Thais in good spirits after government lifts ban on afternoon alcohol sales

The eased rules permit alcohol sales from 11am to midnight during the six-month trial period.

My Life

The Peninsula’s first female GM on burnout and the joy of reinvention

A colleague once told her she’d never make it at The Peninsula, ‘an old boys’ club’ – now she’s executive director of Hong Kong Design Centre, which runs Business of Design Week.

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Food and Drinks

On the Menu | Why the future of food in Asia is about comfort dishes and ‘relaxed dining’

Chefs at a Bangkok event epitomised a focus on heritage over haute that Marriott International’s Future of Food 2026 report says is trending.

Chef Aruss “Jai” Lerlerstkull served this elevated version of the Thai comfort dish phanaeng curry at The Ritz Carlton, Bangkok, as part of Marriott International’s second Luxury Dining Series. Top chefs are embracing traditional cooking techniques and ingredients in a big way in Asia. Photo: Charmaine Mok
Malaysia

Letters | Academic theories deserve rigorous scrutiny, not public shaming

Readers discuss the controversy over a Malaysian academic’s hypothesis about Roman shipbuilding, the Thailand-Cambodia border dispute, and cutting back Hong Kong children’s screen time.

Asean

Malaysia’s PM defends Thailand-Cambodia mediator role as tensions rise

Certain political factions in Thailand and Cambodia view his role as harmful to their vested interests, analysts say.

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Thailand

Bangkok prison chief suspended over Chinese inmate sex scandal

Thai prison chief suspended amid scandal over Chinese inmates receiving illicit privileges, including alleged sex service visits.

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Thailand suspends a prison boss over alleged privileges for Chinese inmates. Photo: Shutterstock
Thailand

‘Everyone was startled’: Thai woman ‘wakes up’ in coffin before cremation

Woman wakes in coffin before cremation; organ donation attempt by her brother halted by missing death certificate.

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An emergency rescue team transport an elderly woman to a local hospital after she was found alive, having been declared deceased prior to her scheduled cremation on Sunday. Photo: Wat Rat Prakhong Tham/AP
Thailand

Jamaican model hospitalised after Miss Universe stage fall in Thailand

Gabrielle Henry was walking across the stage when she stepped directly off the elevated surface during a preliminary round of the pageant.

Thailand

Thailand court orders Thaksin to pay US$540 million in tax dispute

The Supreme Court overturned a prior decision, ordering Thaksin pay tax on his Shin Corporation sale to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in 2006.

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Thailand

Flooded Thai restaurant lets customers dine with live fish

The riverside restaurant draws throngs of customers seeking a unique fish-feeding dining experience.

Diners at the Pa Jit restaurant watch fish swim in the aisles due to flooding from the Tha Chin River in Thailand’s Nakhon Pathom Province on Friday. Photo: AP
Southeast Asia forced-labour scams

Video | Thailand extradites gambling kingpin She Zhijiang to China

She Zhijiang will stand trial in China for illegal casino operations.

Thai court upholds extradition of Chinese gambling kingpin She Zhijiang
Hong Kong police

Man, 55, arrested over stealing credit cards on Bangkok to Hong Kong flight

Police take suspect into custody after two passengers discovered belongings stored in overhead compartment had gone missing.

China stock market

Chinese gold stocks set to shine as UBS and Schroders see bullion extending gains

UBS sees gold possibly hitting US$4,700, while Schroders expects central banks’ gold purchases to keep prices elevated.

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