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The latest news, in-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion about Thailand.
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Bangkok
Head of State
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Head of Government
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
An officer guards the victims after police raid a boxing camp in Rayong province on Tuesday. Photo: Royal Thai Police
Crime

Thai police arrest boxing camp manager for trafficking underage boys for sex

The suspect was captured after undercover officers posed as clients seeking sexual services from three boys aged 13, 15 and 16.

Asean

Opinion | Cambodia aspires to shed its dependencies while staying connected

Myanmar

Myanmar edges out of isolation as Asean steps up engagement

Video | At least 27 killed in Bangkok bar fire

Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire amid reports of smoke seen coming a circuit breaker near the pub’s stage.

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Bangkok

Bangkok bar fire: 27 die as distraught relatives dread the worst

The bar in Thailand’s capital was crowded with hundreds of revellers at the time of the suspected electrical fire.

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Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, Myanmar envoy tells Asean

Suu Kyi is serving a 27-year sentence, ⁠recently commuted by one-third, on a series of charges that her allies said were fabricated to keep her out ‌of politics.

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China-Asean relations

Asian Angle | Why a second ‘China shock’ is good for Southeast Asia

Fear of Chinese imports is misplaced. Roughly 90 per cent of what the region buys is inputs and machinery driving local manufacturing.

Shipping containers are seen at the port in Nanjing, China’s eastern Jiangsu province, last month. Photo: AFP
Cambodia

Wombs for hire: the painful price of Asia’s lawless baby trade

Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It is also worth an estimated US$15 billion a year.

Artificial intelligence

Macroscope | Don’t expect the rising tide of AI to lift all boats

While economies linked to hi-tech supply chains may perform well, unequal outcomes and economic instability still loom for much of the world.

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Malaysia

Anwar, Anutin hit diplomatic high notes to mask Malaysia-Thailand tensions

Despite the leaders’ personal chemistry, the seafood row shows the ‘frictions’ embedded within the countries’ relationship, analysts say.

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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (second from left) sings while his Thai counterpart Anutin Charnvirakul plays saxophone at the Federal Government office in Putrajaya on Thursday. Photo: The Thai government spokesman office via AP
The Philippines

Why the Philippines is losing out in Southeast Asia’s investment boom

With Manila capturing just US$9 billion of the region’s US$244 billion capital influx last year, analysts urge reforms to close the FDI gap.

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Fishermen paddle past a cargo ship unloading containers at the Manila international port in the Philippines in December 2025. Photo: AFP
New Openings

Hong Kong’s hottest new openings, from Curry Room to Canto-American Lazy Suzy

Discover Hong Kong’s latest dining delights: customised meals at Curry Room, cross-continental fare at Central Table, ‘Baking Bistro’ The Spoon Focaccia and sandwiches galore at Lazy Suzy.

Malaysia

Malaysia, Thailand make peace over seafood row after Anwar and Anutin meet

The two leaders also agreed to develop a ⁠special border economic ⁠zone and boost agricultural cooperation.

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Hong Kong courts

Hong Kong man pleads guilty to subversive promotion of pro-Taiwan party

Chan Ho-hin earlier called on Hongkongers to support and join the Revive the Republic of China Freedom Party in Taiwan.

Local and national flags. The defendant claimed that only Taipei had lawful sovereignty over Hong Kong. Photo: Karma Lo
Myanmar

Myanmar has ‘a mountain to climb’ to woo 2 million tourists a year

Myanmar saw 4.5 million tourist arrivals at the peak in 2015, but the numbers have fallen sharply since the military coup in 2021.

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Tourists offer joss sticks at Myanmar’s Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon in 2019. Photo: AP
Britain

Farage vs Binface: how UK hard-right leader’s poll gambit could backfire

Nigel Farage triggers a by-election for his own parliamentary seat – but his only rival may be ⁠man who wears trash can on his head.

Video | Teen girl’s murder shines harsh light on Thai sex industry

The killing has shaken Pattaya, a Thai beach resort city that is home of a notorious red-light district.

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Malaysia

Johor votes on Saturday. Polymarket has already called it

As the Malaysian state heads to the polls, a prediction market banned elsewhere in Asia gives one coalition a 93 per cent chance of winning.

On Polymarket, gamblers bettors have priced Barisan Nasional as an overwhelming favourite to retain control of Malaysia’s southern Johor state. Photo: Reuters
Tourism

Thailand cashes in on sizzling Europe with rainy holidays, AC exports

The kingdom lures European visitors seeking to escape the heat with discounted hotel rates.

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Britain

UK’s Nigel Farage to quit as lawmaker, seeks re-election to clear name

He faces a probe by parliament’s standards watchdog over a £5 million (US$6.7 million) gift from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire.

Singapore

Can Singapore and Indonesia’s energy push kick-start regional power grid?

The cooperation could boost both countries’ sustainability goals and help shape regional frameworks for the Asean Power Grid, analysts say.

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong (left) with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Monday. Photo: AFP
Diplomacy

Dear You: Beijing holds movie night to help diplomats ‘better understand’ China

Staff from 74 embassies attend the screening of the smash hit that has triggered debates about propaganda across Southeast Asia.

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The film traces a family’s history over half a century through remittance letters. Photo: Handout
Jewellery

Q&A | Pacharee founder Sophie Schuemers-Rogers’ ultimate guide to Bangkok

The jewellery designer – who also has a second label, Khong – reveals her must-visit spots in Thailand’s vibrant capital.

SCMP Highlights

Thai beer heir opens up, Philippine ube’s ‘purple gold rush’: 7 Asia highlights

From Hongkongers looking to Malaysia for housing to a Thai beer heir opening up, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Drugs

Thai PM warns may ‘shut down’ cannabis industry after global smuggling spike

Four years after decriminalisation, a wave of international drug busts could force Asia’s only legal cannabis market to recriminalise.

Customs officers stand next to packages of seized cannabis buds during a press conference in Gresik, Indonesia’s East Java province, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
Malaysia

Malaysia’s Anwar hopes fruitful friendship with China can rescue durian growers

China is Malaysia’s most important durian market, accounting for about 60 per cent of exports worth US$368 million annually.

Durian wholesalers wait for customers at a roadside stall in Malaysia’s Pahang state on June 23. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Opinion | How bitter Persian Gulf rivals can make peace the Asean way

Promoting de-escalation and shared prosperity in the Persian Gulf may seem arduous now. It once looked that way in Southeast Asia, too.

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2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict

Can Asean keep the Thailand-Cambodia peace?

With zero enforcement powers, monitors risk being used to simply validate rival propaganda campaigns, analysts say.

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