Vijitra Duangdee

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.

Au­thor­i­ties hope 5 to 15 mil­lion vis­i­tors will vis­it the coun­try this year, down from 40 mil­lion be­fore the pan­dem­ic.

Thai po­lice say they have res­cued some 700 Thais held against their will by Chi­nese gangs in Cam­bo­dia.

Coun­tries across Asia are brac­ing for ris­ing in­fla­tion and sup­ply chain dis­rup­tions amid sanc­tions against Rus­sia.

Pork prices have jumped 40 per­cent since the start of the year amid a per­fect storm of swine flu and ris­ing oil prices.

Small in­vestors in Thai­land are buy­ing up cryp­tocur­ren­cy-min­ing rigs as the axe falls on Chi­na’s cryp­to-mines.