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Thailand should prepare for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) as organisations face the emerging risk of "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks, while limited budgets mean the country needs to prioritise which critical infrastructure should be upgraded first, according to IBM Thailand and the National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA).

Tourism operators and the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) are urged to focus on the tech-driven economies of South Korea and Taiwan to increase the number of younger travellers visiting Thailand, capitalising on their strong purchasing power and currency rates.

'I think that there's a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion," said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana's foreign minister. "We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity." He's wrong, of course, but…

Thailand, known as the "Detroit of Asia" for its automotive manufacturing, is seeking to transform itself into a regional electric vehicle (EV) hub. The shift is understandable: EVs are the vehicles of the future, and sales reached 140,000 units in 2025, accounting for nearly a quarter of new vehicle sales.

A coordinated wave of 51 attacks across Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala may have been launched to discredit state officials and retaliate against a crackdown on illicit trade, Fourth Army Area commander Lt Gen Norathip Phoynok says.

Damaged homes and infrastructure in Nan should be restored within four to five days so residents can return home, said Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, ordering authorities to accelerate flood recovery operations.

A consortium co-founded by a subsidiary of Samart Corp has clinched a contract worth more than 2.08 billion baht from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) for the state agency's transmission system development in Nan, Phrae and Uttaradit provinces for power purchases from Laos.