The Business Times

Peter Janssen

THAILAND CORRESPONDENT

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Anutin Charnvirakul, who took office on Monday, is Thailand's third prime minister in two years.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Anutin’s short-lived government banks on quick fixes amid Thailand’s economic strain

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra (left) was sentenced to one year in jail on Tuesday. Next to him is his daughter, former PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra who was recently ousted from office.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Under Anutin, Thailand will look to reinvent in uncertain post-Thaksin era

Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s dismissal on Aug 29 has intensified political uncertainty. Photographer: Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg
NEWS ANALYSIS

Thailand faces ‘perfect storm’ as politics compound economic strain

BYD exported its first batch to Belgium, Germany and UK on Aug 25, carried out by BYD’s own vessel - the BYD Zhengzhou

BYD ships first made-in-Thailand EVs to Europe

Thai Airways CEO Chai Eamsiri

Thai Airways clears runway to tap Asia-Pacific boom with fleet overhaul

People walk across a pedestrian crossing in Bangkok on June 16, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Light ahead for US-Thailand trade deal after ceasefire with Cambodia

Aung Kyaw Moe, founder of Thailand's 2C2P

Built in Thailand, funded in Singapore, as startups gravitate to city-state

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been accused of putting the country’s sovereignty at risk after she held a private phone conversation with Cambodian leader Hun Sen, in which she discussed a border dispute between the two neighbours.
NEWS ANALYSIS

High stakes: Thailand’s fragile recovery at risk amid PM suspension, US tariff pressures

Minor’s hotels in southern Thailand got a boost from the third season of The White Lotus, the US series about the lavish escapades of the ultra-wealthy, much of which was filmed at four of its properties.

Thailand’s Minor International leans on Europe to weather domestic tourism slump

The Bank of Thailand does not expect virtual banks to disrupt the incumbent banks.Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg
NEWS ANALYSIS

Fresh off licence win, CP Group’s TrueMoney one to watch in Thailand’s virtual banking shake-up

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