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Thailand has become one of the world’s most popular bases for international couples, the kind of place where two foreign nationals build a life, raise children, and, not infrequently, accumulate assets across three or four countries before the marriage ends. …

The guidelines do not create a separate AI licensing regime. Their importance lies in showing how the regulator expects existing telecommunications responsibilities to extend into the use of AI. A telecommunications operator may obtain an AI system from a global …

Cloud, Connectivity, Energy Readiness, and the Limits of Investment Promotion Thailand is no longer merely trying to attract data-center investment. That phase has already arrived. In recent years, Thailand has seen major commitments and approvals across cloud regions, hyperscale facilities, …

Why criminal intent, aggravating circumstances, and Thai criminal procedure may matter more than the value of the property involved Most people instinctively judge a theft allegation by the value of the property involved. If the item is inexpensive, they assume …

The Transfer Mechanism Is Only Part of the Compliance Multinational groups often treat foreign back-end processing as a technical matter rather than a legal one. A local business collects customer data in Thailand, and some of that data is then …

As direct-to-device satellite connectivity expands, regulators worldwide are considering how to authorize supplemental coverage from space. In Thailand, D2D may be unregulated by name, but it remains regulated in substance. …

The Digital Screening Systems Are Already Watching From 1 August 2026, incorporating or amending a Thai limited company involving foreign shareholders or foreign authorised directors will become significantly more difficult. The Department of Business Development issued Order of the Central …

The regulator does not license a partnership. In Thai telecommunications, satellite, gateway, cloud-connectivity, IoT, and digital-infrastructure projects, foreign operators often start with a straightforward question: can we do this through a Thai partner? The question makes sense. A Thai partner …

Thailand does not yet have a reported judgment concerning allegations that a child was harmed through interactions with a companion-style AI chatbot. There is no dedicated statute for AI companions, no chatbot-specific child-safety regime, and no settled Thai authority on …

Thailand is moving closer to adopting a dedicated legal framework for defective goods. On 16 June 2026, the Cabinet approved the draft Liability for Defective Goods Act, commonly referred to as Thailand’s “Lemon Law”, as proposed by the Office of …