South Korean Tech Giant Enters the Thai Fintech Market

South Korean Tech Giant Enters the Thai Fintech Market

The subsidiaries of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp are making successfully inroads in the Thai market. Kakao Pay just started offering its payment services in the country, following KakaoBank’s partnering with Thailand’s leading financial group to...
AI Solutions Set to Transform Thailand’s Healthcare Sector

AI Solutions Set to Transform Thailand’s Healthcare Sector

Recent analyses have highlighted how artificial intelligence (AI) solutions are transforming Thailand’s healthcare sector, with new technologies designed to enhance patient care, ease the workload of medical professionals, and address personnel shortages. In an...
Apple Supplier Murata Opens New Factory in Thailand

Apple Supplier Murata Opens New Factory in Thailand

Japanese electronic parts maker Murata Manufacturing has just opened a new plant in Thailand set to commence production in November 2024. It is expected that the Apple supplier will spend over USD 65 million in manufacturing investment at the plant in northern...
Japanese Furniture Specialist Expands to Thailand

Japanese Furniture Specialist Expands to Thailand

Japanese furniture and home furnishings company Nitori has plans to invest THB 240 million (USD 6.6 million) in order to expand its furniture business in Thailand in 2024. It has been reported that Nitori intends to launch three more stores later in 2023 at Seacon...
Thai Retailers Increasingly Adopt Advanced Digital Technologies

Thai Retailers Increasingly Adopt Advanced Digital Technologies

Thailand’s retail industry is adopting advanced technologies to improve its operations, as Thai consumers are demanding a personalized retail experience. In a notable example, Lotus’s hypermarket recently joined True Digital to launch Lotus’s Pick & Go...
New Green Steel Project in Thailand

New Green Steel Project in Thailand

Singapore-based Meranti Steel has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian company Danieli, which ranks among the world’s top three manufacturers of plants and machines for the metals industry, to set up a new green steel project in Thailand under the Meranti Green...
Construction of the Map Ta Phut Deep-Sea Port in Thailand

Construction of the Map Ta Phut Deep-Sea Port in Thailand

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has expressed optimism in relation to the third phase of development of the Map Ta Phut deep-sea port in Rayong, scheduled to be completed by the year 2027. The port, seen as a strategic asset for Thailand’s...