A Krungthai Bank sale sign has stood outside Kad Suan Kaew on Huay Kaew Road since September 2024, and the number on it has just come down. The bank now asks 2.583 billion baht for the shuttered shopping centre, down…
The footpaths around the moat have fresh paint. Cables that sagged across shopfronts for years have been bundled and reclipped. Billboards near the old gates are coming down. The city is getting ready, and this time the preparation is not…
From most rooftops in Chiang Mai you can see the Doi Suthep range to the west and temple spires in every other direction. That geography and that cultural density just placed the city third in the world in Travel +…
Merchants at Sirivattana Market gathered on Sunday morning with smartphones already open, working through the registration flow for the government’s latest co-payment stimulus: Thai Chuay Thai Plus. The scene carried the easy familiarity of a process vendors have done before,…
Chiang Mai University (CMU) has officially joined the IBM-NUS Research and Innovation Centre and the IBM Quantum Network, signaling a major milestone for Northern Thailand’s innovation ecosystem. This partnership with IBM and the National University of Singapore (NUS) places CMU…
Chiang Mai’s small businesses have weathered COVID, rising rent, digital disruption, and growing inequality. But now, a new opportunity is on the horizon! (and this one doesn’t come from a policy memo in Bangkok, but from inside the community itself.)…
What It Means for the Future of Business in Thailand’s Cultural Capital Chiang Mai has always had something rare: a rhythm that’s slower, deeper, more human. It’s a place where heritage and creativity meet — not in theory, but on…
By CMBN Staff Writer OpenAI has just made one of its most powerful research tools — Deep Research — free for all users. Previously reserved for paid subscribers, this tool enables ChatGPT to perform intensive, multi-step research across the web,…
Chiang Mai’s vibrant community of online entrepreneurs is now better equipped to scale, thanks to Lazada’s new AI-driven solutions. Chiang Mai is quickly emerging as a digital economy hotspot. With a growing number of online sellers, creatives, and product-based businesses,…