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SCB WEALTH Navigates the “Storm Shift” at Year-End Forum
Published on 28/11/2025
» SCB WEALTH under Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) recently hosted the SCB WEALTH Holistic Wealth Forum 2025 under the theme “Storm Shift”, bringing together top-tier local and global experts to provide clients with a strategic “investment compass” to weather global economic storms. Looking ahead to 2026, the forum identified it as a pivotal year marked by major disruptions—from geopolitical tensions and AI-driven technological shifts to evolving global economic structures. Despite these challenges, Thailand is seen as entering a “golden opportunity” phase, supported by surging foreign investment figures from the Board of Investment (BOI). Foreign investment and capital markets are accelerating efforts to transition Thailand into the New Economy, driven by the Third Wave of innovation in AI, semiconductors, and data centres. BlackRock highlighted AI infrastructure as a major force poised to reshape the global economy. Meanwhile, Hua Seng Heng projected that gold prices will remain on an upward trajectory in 2026, with potential to reach USD 4,700. SCB Fund Management (SCBFM) forecasted Thai baht volatility within a range of THB 31–33 per USD. The forum concluded with insights on family office strategy and the importance of establishing a family constitution to ensure long-term wealth preservation. Experts emphasised the need for neutral mediation mechanisms to protect family wealth from internal disruptions and promote sustainable legacy planning.
Temperatures at Doi Inthanon plunge amid colder weather in Thailand's North
Published on 28/11/2025
» CHIANG MAI: Crowds of tourists continued to flock to Doi Inthanon on Friday to experience the biting cold, as temperatures on the mountaintop dropped further with grass frost hitting a new low for the season at -4.9°C.
New Chiang Mai exhibition explores textiles as cultural archive
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2025
» A groundbreaking exhibition titled Beneath the Fiber opens at Chiang Mai’s Baan Tuek Art Center from December 7th to 18th. The show encourages visitors to see textiles as more than physical objects, presenting them instead as a kind of living record — a palimpsest carrying intertwined botanical, human and historical stories that extend beyond today’s national borders.
China warns against Japan travel citing 'significant' surge in assaults as ties spiral
Published on 28/11/2025
» China's embassy in Japan has advised citizens to put travel plans on hold "in the near term", citing a spike in unprovoked assaults and discrimination.
Samui market resembles Phuket's 2022 peak
Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 28/11/2025
» The Samui property market now mirrors Phuket's 2022 peak, with newly launched villas reaching a 15-year high and land prices up 10%, according to property consultancy Colliers Thailand.
How China won innovation in lieu of freedom
Oped, Published on 28/11/2025
» A decade ago, China's government unveiled Made in China 2025 -- a bold vision for transforming the country from the world's assembly line into a global innovation leader. The plan was met with considerable scepticism, particularly in the West, where a robust scholarly consensus held that authoritarianism was fundamentally incompatible with innovation. China was light-years behind the global frontier. Barring drastic political change, many observers concluded, China would remain a "copycat nation".
Bird flu poses risk of pandemic 'worse than Covid'
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2025
» PARIS — The bird flu virus that has been spreading among wild birds, poultry and mammals could lead to a pandemic worse than the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) if the virus mutates to transmit between humans, the head of France's Institut Pasteur respiratory infections centre said.
Saha Group Announces Major Deal with China’s Yuyuan Group
Published on 27/11/2025
» Strategic partnership to drive growth in beauty, fashion, F&B and gold jewellery while strengthening pathways to ASEAN expansion
Hong Kong high-rise fire death toll rises to 55, about 200 unaccounted for
Kyodo News, Published on 27/11/2025
» HONG KONG — The death toll from a massive fire in a high-rise residential complex in Hong Kong has risen to 55, with about 70 people hospitalised and some 200 still unaccounted for more than a day later, local authorities said Thursday.
Colder weather forecast until Saturday
News, Published on 27/11/2025
» Parts of Thailand, including Bangkok, will experience colder weather until Saturday, forecasters said on Thursday, confirming that Typhoon Koto in the South China Sea will not enter the country.