Vijitra Duangdee

Thai econ­o­my is falling far be­hind its South­east Asian peers amid grow­ing mid­dle-in­come trap fears.

Nine Thai na­tion­als re­main in cap­tiv­i­ty in Gaza af­ter weeks of diplo­ma­cy for their re­lease.

Four­teen Thai work­ers are be­lieved to have been tak­en cap­tive by Hamas, with 21 oth­ers feared dead.

Lo­cals on tourist re­sort is­land claim Rus­sians flee­ing fall­out of the war in Ukraine are steal­ing Thai jobs.

South­east Asian coun­try’s boom­ing cannabis in­dus­try is un­der a cloud as politi­cians re­con­sid­er de­crim­i­nal­i­sa­tion.

Lo­cal cannabis grow­ers say their busi­ness is be­ing un­der­cut by cheap­er il­le­gal im­ports from over­seas.

Rus­sians are buy­ing up prop­er­ty in South­east Asian coun­try to avoid con­scrip­tion and the eco­nom­ic rav­ages of war.

Chi­nese so­cial me­dia is abuzz with the ben­e­fits of mov­ing to the South­east Asian coun­try af­ter years of COVID curbs.

Thais are ex­pect­ed to wa­ger up to $1.6bn on foot­ball match­es dur­ing the Qatar World Cup.

South­east Asian coun­try is see­ing an ex­plo­sion in cannabis prod­ucts since plant’s re­moval from banned nar­cotics list.