It’s a scorching October day in Bangkok and I’m wandering via the reveals on the Thai House Expo, held in one of many metropolis’s busiest purchasing malls, after I do a double take. Amid the flashy area fits and mannequin rockets on show, there’s a plain-looking bundle of Thai basil rooster. I’m advised the identical sort of vacuum-sealed bundle has simply been launched to the Worldwide House Station.
It’s an sudden sight, one which displays the rising pleasure inside the Southeast Asian area sector. And whereas there may be some uncertainty about how precisely the area’s area sector could evolve, there may be loads of optimism, too. Learn the total story.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan
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