Asia Times was a newspaper launched in Thailand by thaicoon Sondhi Limthongkul in 1995. The newspaper hired talent from around the world to produce a regional English-language newspaper.
The newspaper faced financial difficulties in 1997 and closed down the week before the Asian financial crisis erupted with the collapse of the Thai baht on July 2, 1997.
Many journalists from Asia Times continued their careers as journalists. Some of them created Asia Times Online as a successor to Asia Times.