Variegated Syngonium Podophyllum plants are gaining international popularity, with approximately 70% of production exported to Japan, China, Europe, and the Middle East, while 30% is sold domestically. A reporter recently interviewed Udom Thitiwattanaskul, owner of Udom Garden in Don Klang District, Damnoen Saduak, Ratchaburi Province, after he successfully cultivated "Syngonium Podophyllum" plants that have attracted significant interest both domestically and internationally, particularly the variegated variety. Udom explained that producing variegated plants is challenging, with only about a 16% success rate, or approximately 1 in 6 plants. Sometimes, even if the parent plant shows clear variegation patterns, the propagated offspring may revert to normal green color. Currently, the most popular colors in global markets fall into two main groups: pink-purple tones and yellow-orange-red tones. These color shades can change depending on environmental conditions, fertilizers, and vitamins used in cultivation. The garden's current market distribution is approximately 70% foreign exports and 30% domestic sales, with primary markets in the Middle East, Europe, China, and Japan. Exports adhere to strict standards—plants must display continuous variegation from small to mature size, with no "green loss" or "black loss" defects, and must be grown under natural light only without LED grow lights for color enhancement. During long transportation periods, artificially enhanced colors fade and become unacceptable to customers. European customers prefer smaller plants for easier packaging, while Middle Eastern customers prefer larger specimens. A critical requirement for Middle Eastern exports is that no coconut husk or shredded coconut material can be attached to the plants. Although variegated Syngonium Podophyllum plants require 1.5 to 2 years of cultivation before they're ready for export, their high market demand means that even young plants showing clear variegation patterns are immediately pre-ordered by customers. This has become another lucrative emerging plant in the post-COVID era with continuous value generation potential.

TSTE Group is accelerating its expansion into the food, beverage, and snack industries through Nature Best Food (NBF) and its subsidiaries, positioning itself as a comprehensive OEM one-stop service provider. CEO Chanachai Chutimavoraphand announced that 2026, marking the company's 50th anniversary, represents a major milestone for the group's food business expansion. The company will showcase integrated food product development capabilities at THAIFEX – ANUGA ASIA 2026 (May 26-30, 2026) across snacks, ready-to-eat meals, and beverages, operating eight food manufacturing facilities.

In the snack category, the company continues developing innovative products including seaweed sandwiches and crispy seaweed snacks. New launches will feature surimi-based snacks, flour-based snacks with creative flavored crispy rolls, protein snacks, and protein bars available under the "Koriko" brand or as OEM products. For ready-to-eat meals, TSTE is introducing OEM production using Retort Sterilizer technology, which extends shelf life to over one year in pouch packaging without refrigeration—ideal for restaurant chains, franchise operators, emergency relief, military rations, and children's nutrition products. The beverage segment offers OEM manufacturing services for flavored fruit drinks, herbal beverages, and other products using Sterile Hot Filling systems compliant with international standards, with packaging options including bottles and frozen pouches for export markets.

The company's integrated food, beverage, and snack manufacturing expansion will strengthen its position as a fully integrated OEM service provider covering product formulation, manufacturing, and packaging solutions for domestic and international markets. TSTE targets food and beverage sales of THB 1 billion within three years. Originally established as a port and warehouse operator for sugar handling along the Chao Phraya River, TSTE later expanded into logistics, bulk cargo, bagged cargo terminal operations, and container terminal businesses.

Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas has appointed three expert board members to the Bank of Thailand's committee, effective today, May 20, 2025. The appointees are Disthaat Hotrakit, Nophadol Phreereuykrit, and On-fa Wetchacheeya. The Bank of Thailand's board committee is responsible for overseeing the bank's general operations and management under the Bank of Thailand Act of 2485 (1942), as amended by the Bank of Thailand Act (No. 4) of 2551 (2008). Disthaat previously served as Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2562-2565 (2019-2022) and as Prime Minister's Advisor from 2565-2566 (2022-2023). Nophadol currently holds the position of Secretary to the Legislative Drafting Committee. On-fa currently serves as Secretary of the Civil Service Commission.

The Government Lottery Office will hold the June 1, 2025 drawing at the lottery results building located at Don Muang Airport in Nonthaburi. "Khao Sod Online" has compiled comprehensive lottery statistics and past winning numbers for the June 1 drawing spanning the past 10 years (2016-2025), featuring interesting historical data.

10-Year Lottery Statistics for June 1 Drawing:

June 1, 2025: First Prize 559352; Front 3-digit: 349, 134; Back 3-digit: 307, 044; Back 2-digit: 20

June 1, 2024: First Prize 530593; Front 3-digit: 194, 364; Back 3-digit: 734, 421; Back 2-digit: 42

June 1, 2023: First Prize 125272; Front 3-digit: 000, 681; Back 3-digit: 386, 971; Back 2-digit: 09

June 1, 2022: First Prize 319196; Front 3-digit: 817, 679; Back 3-digit: 213, 652; Back 2-digit: 02

June 1, 2021: First Prize 292972; Front 3-digit: 620, 193; Back 3-digit: 723, 978; Back 2-digit: 45

June 1, 2020: First Prize 831567; Front 3-digit: 489, 264; Back 3-digit: 562, 582; Back 2-digit: 24

June 1, 2019: First Prize 516461; Front 3-digit: 589, 713; Back 3-digit: 215, 560; Back 2-digit: 46

June 1, 2018: First Prize 988117; Front 3-digit: 553, 310; Back 3-digit: 248, 650; Back 2-digit: 95

June 1, 2017: First Prize 053630; Front 3-digit: 121, 218; Back 3-digit: 881, 581; Back 2-digit: 61

June 1, 2016: First Prize 511825; Front 3-digit: 775, 111; Back 3-digit: 937, 880; Back 2-digit: 14

The Ministry of Commerce is upgrading Thai agricultural products by enlisting MasterChef Thailand competitors to develop special menus for three major airlines. Withaya Manirat, Director-General of the Department of Internal Trade, revealed that the project implements Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Supachai Suthathamphand's policy to help farmers secure better markets and elevate the value and image of Thai agricultural goods. The department has selected quality raw materials from various regions and handed them to MasterChef Thailand contestants to create special menus under the concept of "Local Ingredients World Class Experiences," with results to be featured on partner airlines that reach both Thai consumers and international tourists directly.

"The heart of this project is to help absorb agricultural production from farmers and increase its value through the creativity of new-generation chefs before delivering it to passengers on all three partner airlines, which represents a promising market that creates a new image for Thai agricultural products," Withaya said.

Kitikorn Penrojanwong, Chief Executive Officer of Heliconiae H Group, stated that Heliconiae is ready to use the power of MasterChef Thailand and its food-related content to promote Thai ingredients to consumers both domestically and internationally, with chefs from MasterChef Thailand Season 7 collaborating with airline chefs to create special menus.

For this collaboration, four contestants from MasterChef Thailand Season 7—selected from the final eight competitors—will develop menus using Thai agricultural raw materials for special offerings on partner airlines, both on flights and in passenger lounges. This brings Thai ingredients to the traveler market, a consumer group with significant purchasing power and potential to expand into international markets.

Orranong Methapipat, Director of Onboard Goods and Services at Thai AirAsia, stated that Thai AirAsia is ready to expand its cooperation with the Department of Internal Trade, building on its previous work in developing Thai fruit menus for flights. In 2025, Thai AirAsia will collaborate with DIT and MasterChef to develop new menus from quality Thai ingredients, launching them from July onwards to create new experiences for passengers and expand marketing channels for Thai agricultural products.

Warangkhana Lorojanvong, Chief Executive Officer of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, said Thai Airways will feature menus from this project in its "Chef of the Month" activity in First Class and Business Class lounges from July through October 2025, with MasterChef chefs collaborating with Thai Airways' kitchen team to develop menus reflecting the elegance, creativity, and quality of Thai raw materials, delivering a special experience to passengers.

Julin Kochareun, Senior Deputy Managing Director of Flight Network Management and Product Development at Bangkok Airways, stated that Bangkok Airways is ready to develop special food and beverage menus using Thai agricultural ingredients for both passenger lounges and onboard service, sharing the flavors and stories of Thai products with both Thai and foreign passengers while supporting farmers and the grassroots economy.

Withaya noted that the agricultural products used in the project are diverse, including fish, livestock, and agricultural crops such as three-water catfish from Songkhla Province and Phulae pineapples from Chiang Rai Province.