South East Asia News

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has released a luxury vacation package for wealthy South Koreans named “Amazing New Chapters: Discover Luxperience in Thailand.” The package includes round-trip business class airfare on Asiana Airlines and a five-night stay at the luxurious Siam Kempinski Hotel Bangkok for around 12,000 baht. The TAT’s marketing effort aims to attract high-spending visitors, those who plan to stay for an extended period, honeymooners, couples, millennials, and families to Thailand. Five-star hotels, premium rooftop bars, Michelin-starred restaurants, cruises, expensive vehicle rentals, private boats, and helicopter tours are part of the Discover Luxperience initiative, which is part

Leafy Green is a sustainable eco-retreat center in Chiang Mai, Thailand, that will make you feel like you’ve stepped into a scene from a contemporary “Alice in Wonderland.” Gie Anywhere, a digital nomad, claims that the outdoor paradise comprises five enormous clay fungus strongholds, two cottages dubbed the Peanut House and Snail Dome, the greenery room (an upstairs apartment), and a big inside meditation area appropriately named the Lotus Dome. The organic vegetable and herb garden is nestled against an alfresco kitchen, pizza oven, and barbeque. Also, a few cats live on the premises permanently. According to its listing on

The government has defended a law letting four categories of foreigners seek authorization to purchase up to 1 rai of land, provided they invest at least 40 million baht for at least three years. According to government spokesperson Anucha Buraphachaisri, the law is only an update to the ministerial rule that has existed since 2002. According to him, if the change is approved, it will apply to four categories of foreigners who hold Long-Term Resident (LTR) visas under a recently implemented program to promote foreign investment. He stated that the targets are high-net-worth individuals, wealthy retirees, work-from-Thailand professionals, and highly