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The latest news, in-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion about Thailand.
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Head of State
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Head of Government
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Thailand has launched an initiative offering cash rewards for reporting e-cigarette use. Photo: Shutterstock
Crime

Thailand offers rewards for reporting e-cigarette use as vaping concerns rise

Thailand’s new initiative aims to curb vaping and protect public health, with fines and jail terms for offenders.

Singapore

Police hunt for Singaporean man after girlfriend found dead in Thailand

US-China relations

Opinion | Why the US could lose more ground in Southeast Asia

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Environment

Thai tourist gems Chiang Mai and Bangkok among world’s worst for air quality

With both Thai cities listed among the 10 worst in air quality worldwide, emergency measures and regional cooperation are under way to address the crisis.

Bangkok’s skyline is seen amid high levels of air pollution on March 21. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong transport

Explainer | Power banks on flights: which airlines and regions have tightened rules?

Hong Kong is restricting the use of power banks on flights. Here’s how other jurisdictions and carriers are dealing with the devices following recent incidents.

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s Perlis port vows faster halal deliveries to China, but Thai support key

Malaysia’s Perlis mega-port aims to revolutionise halal cargo delivery to China, contingent on Thai rail agreements and regional stability.

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Vietnam

Move over Singapore, Vietnam is now Southeast Asia’s third-most-visited country

Vietnam now ranks behind only Malaysia, which it aims to edge out by 2030, and regional tourism hotspot Thailand.

A tourist takes photos of a pagoda in Hanoi earlier this month. Vietnam is the regional leader in terms of its tourism recovery pace. Photo: EPA-EFE
SCMP Highlights

Thais reject ‘dark skin’ stigma, Singapore payouts: 7 Asia highlights

From Singapore offering unemployment payouts to a slap heard around Malaysia, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

China’s military drills

China to hold joint naval drills with Thailand near South China Sea port

‘Blue Strike-2025’ exercise will be held from late March to early April near Zhanjiang on southern coast, Beijing’s defence ministry says.

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Muay Thai

Bangkok brawls: Thai minister calls for tougher mall security after fights

Latest fracas between rival students of two schools near MBK Centre sparks vow from education official to ‘do whatever it takes’.

A brawl between rival students inside a Bangkok shopping centre popular with tourists, left five injured, and has prompted calls for tougher security measures. Photo: SCMP
Asia housing and property

The View | Why the future looks so promising for luxury property in Asia

With clear benefits for stakeholders, the region’s branded residences are poised to boost liquidity and set high transparency standards.

A woman poses for a photo at a gold plated infinity pool of a luxury hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2020, after the government eases a nationwide Covid-19 lockdown. Photo: Reuters
Transport and logistics

Thailand’s trillion-baht plan to bypass the Malacca Strait moves ahead

Thailand aims to complete a 100km project bisecting the country’s southern peninsula with a new highway and rail line by 2030.

Artificial intelligence

AI boom drives record loans for data centres in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia has become a data-centre hotspot as tech multinationals diversify beyond China amid geopolitical tensions.

Racism and other prejudice

‘Scared of dark skin’ no more? Young Thais reject stigma as beauty norms evolve

With a new generation of Thais challenging biases and redefining beauty norms, fair skin’s once-unquestioned dominance appears to be fading.

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Miss Thailand Anna Sueangam-Iam 2022 walks onstage at a Miss Universe contest. While some beauty pageants now celebrate more diverse aesthetics, Thailand’s most popular television shows still star fair-skinned leads. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
Singapore

Cosmetic cravings: Asia’s Gen Z risk it all to keep their youthful looks

Young Southeast Asians are running a gauntlet of bootleg botox, fake fillers and clandestine clinics in their quest to defy ageing.

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Gen Z beauty seekers appear undeterred by harrowing tales of disfiguring infections, scarring and deaths caused by botulism. Photo: Shutterstock
Myanmar

Pregnant women among hundreds in limbo at Thai-Myanmar border in scams curb

Thailand is fronting a regional effort to dismantle scam centres along its borders, which are part of a fraud network across multiple countries.

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Scams and swindles

Chinese couple linked to cryptocurrency scam, kidnapping arrested in Thailand

Thai police arrested a Chinese woman in connection to the scam, while discovering her fugitive boyfriend was wanted for kidnapping in China.

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Tourism

Thailand to stop allowing foreign pilots on domestic flights from next year

The country’s pilot association has sued the government for letting foreign pilots fly certain local routes under a temporary arrangement.

Travellers at the departure hall of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Photo: Harvey Kong
Crime

Ghostbusted: bungling burglar with ‘Scream’ mask arrested in Thailand

The 21-year-old man was planning to steal from a gold shop in Chiang Mai, wearing a ‘Ghostface’ mask and a black cloak to hide his tracks.

Up to 100,000 still work in Myanmar’s scam hubs, Thai police say

The top police general leading Thailand’s operation against the compounds called for careful investigations to identify criminals.

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Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong rolls out smoother entry policy for invited Asean professionals

Scheme allows event attendees and those who can contribute to local economy to make multiple trips to Hong Kong over three-year period.

Hong Kong is working to bolster ties with the Asean bloc. Photo: EPA-EFE
Tourism

Thailand aims to cut visa-free stay to 30 days to curb abuse by tourists

The move comes amid concerns over illegal businesses involving travellers and unlawful rentals of condominium units to visitors in Thailand.

Tourists visiting the Temple of the Emerald Buddha at the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok. Photo: EPA-EFE
Art

When this 9-year-old tattoo artist grows up, he wants his own parlour

His dad started teaching him to tattoo to get him off his phone. Now Napat Mitmakorn wants to do it for a living when he grows up.

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Indonesia

Indonesia to bring home hundreds more scam trafficking victims from Myanmar

The United Nations estimates that as many as 120,000 people have been forced to work in Myanmar’s scam hubs against their will.

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Tourism

British woman trapped in toilet dies in Thai dive boat fire

A crew member was reportedly filling diving tanks with oxygen when the equipment malfunctioned and fire engulfed the boat.

The Davy Jones Locker dive boat is seen ablaze off the coast of Koh Tao, Thailand, on Sunday. Photo: Facebook/ThailandRescueDiver2
Xinjiang

Thailand plans a China visit to check on Uygur deportees’ welfare

Thailand has defended its move to return 40 Uygurs to China. The US last week imposed travel sanctions on Thai officials over the deportation.

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Suspected Uygur detainees are transported to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla, southern Thailand, in 2014. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Who is The White Lotus star Michelle Monaghan’s husband, Peter White?

Michelle Monaghan is now starring in The White Lotus season 3 – but what do we know about her interior and graphic designer husband, whom she married in 2005?

Formula One (F1)

Formula One boss Domenicali to visit Thailand for Bangkok race talks

Ex-Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali looking at regions that ‘represent the future of F1’.

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