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The Bhumjaithai Party has confirmed that it is considering reviving the government’s “Khon La Khrueng” (Let’s Go Halves) co-payment scheme as part of efforts to stimulate Thailand’s slowing economy.

A headline in an international media outlet describing prime minister-elect Anutin Charnvirakul as “Thailand’s cannabis king” has some people fuming, but those in his own Bhumjaithai Party are not among them.

National security is now on the election agenda for political parties at a time when public trust in them has nosedived v The PP backing Bhumjaithai’s bid to form a new government does not bode well for Pheu Thai, observers say.

RECAP: Asian markets mostly gained on Friday after an intense sell-off of Chinese equities eased, amid reports the country’s financial regulators could intervene to slow the dumping. A Wall Street stock rally also lifted sentiment.

Thailand may lose an opportunity to increase digital economy investment, including in data centres, if it does not step up efforts to significantly increase its supply of clean power, says SET-listed Gunkul Engineering, an integrated clean energy developer.