The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is expected to regain a key role as the largest power supplier, surpassing private companies as it supports the country’s transition to clean energy.

Democrat Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Abhisit Vejjajiva has underscored the decisive importance of winning constituency seats, warning that party-list votes alone are insufficient to shape the country’s political future or form a government.

Thailand has unveiled a national strategy to increase semiconductor investment to 2.5 trillion baht by 2050, aiming to develop more than 230,000 skilled workers and establish a fully integrated semiconductor system.

Well-known virologist Yong Poovorawan has warned that a mutating influenza strain A H3N2 is spreading in Thailand. It is more resistant to vaccines but does not increase in severity.

The Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, accused of running online scam centres that used trafficked workers in Cambodia to defraud people around the world of billions of dollars, has been arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said on Wednesday.

The South Korean Embassy in Thailand has rejected claims that Thai travellers have been unfairly denied entry, while outbound tour operators say they knew of few such cases last year.