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The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has issued a secret order to police nationwide to keep an eye out for spies from Iran believed to be in the region after one was arrested in Indonesia, prompting security fears, a police source said.

The key would be to get on the right side of ‘the balance between being a thriving region and the theatre of tensions’, says a Strategic Outlook for Asean panel at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Thailand can become the world's largest electric vehicle production hub with the support of Japan, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia organised by Nikkei Inc, also known as the Nikkei Forum, in Tokyo on Thursday.

Asean's future looks promising but increasingly complex as the United States and China vie for the attention of countries in the region and the war in Ukraine puts pressure on economic recovery and disrupts supply chains.

Asean's future complex amid multiple pressures: ST-WEF panel Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

The United States and four other nations emphasized their support for host nation Thailand after they walked out of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group meeting in Bangkok

Two leading entrepreneurs said the event organising industry had remained quiet during the first half but one of them predicted a recovery by the year-end while the other was pessimistic and expected more contraction.

Many Asian economies are facing up to the twin food and energy supply shocks from the war in Ukraine better than most other regions of the world. But the threats are far from over, warn experts in an Asia News Network webinar.

Thailand and Vietnam have pledged to tighten economic cooperation in a bid to push the value of bilateral trade to US$25 billion by 2025.

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, The Nation Multimedia Group brought together six political party leaders and two top CEOs to share their vision of where the country is headed.