Asia is experiencing a unique demographic convergence. By 2050, the region will house one in four of the world’s seniors (over 60) as well as 60% of its young people. This generational mix is creating a powerful new consumer archetype that transcends age: “The Gleamers”.

The cabinet on Tuesday selected Onfa Vejjajiva as the new secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), replacing Danucha Pichayanan, who will be transferred to lead a water management agency.

Thai security authorities are using a range of crowd control measures against Cambodians trying to invade a village beside the border in Thailand in the eastern province of Sa Kaeo.

Police arrested Luang Phor Alongkot, former abbot of well-known Aids hospice temple Wat Phrabatnampu at the temple in Lop Buri early Tuesday morning for multiple charges including temple fund embezzlement and money-laundering as they suspected him of planning to escape.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has publicly affirmed that the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU 2000) with Cambodia remains the cornerstone of bilateral boundary demarcation, as pressure builds in parliament and from opposition figures for its revocation.

Second Army commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang said on Monday he had authorised immediate retaliation by Thai soldiers if Cambodian troops were spotted encroaching on Thai sovereign soil.