• August 22 2025
  Ex-Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra cleared of defaming monarchy

  Billionaire telecoms tycoon had faced up to 15 years in prison

  
• July 29 2025
  Sophal Ear

  The Thai-Cambodian clash is a systemic failure for the region

  China and south-east Asia’s trading bloc need to take responsibility for defusing tensions

  
• July 28 2025
  Cambodia

  Cambodia and Thailand agree ceasefire to end border fighting

  Halt in hostilities agreed at talks in Malaysia will come into effect at midnight after five days of clashes

  
• July 27 2025
  Cambodia

  Thailand and Cambodia set for ceasefire talks after Trump trade threat

  Leaders to meet in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, according to the Thai government

  
• July 26 2025
  Cambodia

  Cambodia confirms first deaths in cross-border conflict with Thailand

  Thousands of people who have fled fighting are camping out with little shelter

  
• July 25 2025
  News in-depth

  Feud between former ‘god brothers’ fuels Thailand-Cambodia border conflict

  Relations have soured between Thai political heavyweight Thaksin Shinawatra and Cambodian strongman Hun Sen

  
• July 25 2025
  Thai authorities evacuate 100,000 amid border clashes with Cambodia

  More than a dozen killed in worst fighting in more than a decade

  
• July 24 2025
  Thai fighter jets strike Cambodia as border clashes erupt

  At least 11 killed as Bangkok accuses Phnom Penh of targeting civilian areas

  
• July 9 2025
  News in-depthUS-China trade dispute

  Trump ‘tariff wall’ takes shape around south-east Asia’s factories

  US president threatens Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia and Thailand with duties ranging from 25%-40%

  
• July 1 2025
  Thai court suspends prime minister over leaked call

  Paetongtarn Shinawatra has faced criticism for her handling of relations with Cambodia

  
• June 20 2025
  News in-depth

  Thai PM’s future in jeopardy over leaked call and border dispute

  Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s coalition at risk of collapse after backlash over effort to ease tensions with Cambodia

  
• May 15 2025
  News in-depthTrump tariffs

  Vietnam faces the heat over Chinese tariff ‘backdoor’ to US

  Chinese exports to south-east Asia surge as producers reroute shipments to avoid Donald Trump’s levies

  
• April 15 2025
  Residential

  Beyond The White Lotus: Thailand’s luxury lifestyle market

  The television series has turned a spotlight on the country’s many islands

  
• April 1 2025
  HTSI

  Inside the Aman Nai Lert, Bangkok: an exclusive

  The family home-inspired hotel is an homage to the man who shaped the modern city

  
• March 29 2025
  Earthquakes

  Myanmar earthquake death toll passes 1,600

  USGS warns damage could exceed country’s GDP after 7.7 magnitude tremor

  
• March 28 2025
  Myanmar

  Powerful earthquake strikes central Myanmar

  7.7-magnitude quake near Mandalay causes deaths hundreds of miles away in Bangkok

  
• March 27 2025
  Exchange traded funds

  Thailand ushers in sale of leveraged ETFs to retail investors

  Asset managers given green light to launch 2x leveraged and inverse products

  
• March 22 2025
  Asia-Pacific equities

  South-east Asian markets roiled as investors turn to China

  Indonesian stocks hit four-year low and Thailand sees outflows as funds rethink growth story for region’s biggest economies

  
• December 12 2024
  Film

  Pat Boonnitipat expected to lose money on his debut film. It’s become an Asian cultural supernova

  The Thai director’s ‘How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies’ has hit a nerve with its tale of fragmented family

  
• October 24 2024
  FT SeriesWhere to go this autumn? The HTSI travel guide is here to help you make that booking

  Pattaraphan Salirathavibhaga’s guide to Bangkok

  The jewellery designer loves her hometown for its street food, craft scene and supper clubs

  
• September 29 2024
  Thailand kicks off bumper cash handouts to boost ailing economy

  Long-awaited scheme may not be enough to turn around slow growth in south-east Asia’s second-largest economy

  
• September 28 2024
  Art and design in London 2024

  Designer Ori Orisun Merhav is bringing shellac back

  She uses beetle secretion to blow amber bulbs for her rococo lights

  
• September 21 2024
  Travel

  Short cuts: a fast-track to Bhutan and skiing comes to Covent Garden

  Direct flights from Dubai to Bhutan, a pop-up ski contest in London, and Bangkok claims the ‘world’s best’ hotel

  
• August 24 2024
  Ben Bland

  Nepo baby leaders are stifling south-east Asia

  From Thailand to Indonesia, political dynasties illustrate the region’s failure to build robust and effective institutions

  
• August 23 2024
  How To Spend It In...

  A culinary guide to Chiang Mai

  John Chantarasak, the Thai-British chef behind AngloThai, explores old and new favourites in the ‘Rose of the North’