Every few years, a country tries to rebrand itself around a big idea. Dubai bet on being the world’s business hub. Singapore bet on becoming Asia’s financial and medical nerve center. On September 9, 2026, Thailand placed its own bet — not on finance, not on manufacturing, but on helping people live longer, healthier lives, … Read more
I’ll do a few quick searches to ground the global/regional comparisons with real, current data before writing the piece.# hailand is not short on electricity. It has power plants, gas supply, and even surplus renewable capacity sitting untapped in some regions. Yet the country’s biggest private power producer is warning that the real obstacle to … Read more
Bangkok has never been shy about branding itself as a tourist paradise. But behind the beach resorts and street food tours, a much bigger and far less visible industry is reshaping the Thai economy: wellness. Not spa days and yoga retreats in the casual sense, but a formal, fast-growing sector that Thai health executives now … Read more
For nearly two decades, if you mentioned GULF to anyone in Thailand’s business community, they pictured gas-fired power plants and long-term electricity contracts with the state grid — solid, predictable, and about as exciting as a utility bill. That company just told the world it no longer wants to be thought of that way. Gulf … Read more