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ASEAN's Digital Frontier: Bridging Sovereignty and Security
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1137+ words) As Southeast Asia builds a "common settlement language" to bypass global volatility, industrial-scale AI fraud threatens to undermine regional resilience. Southeast Asia is building something without historical precedent: a shared financial architecture that connects ten sovereign economies without asking any…...
Trump team discards China-issued items before Air Force One flight
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (331+ words) US officials, aides and reporters travelling on Air Force One were told to dispose of gifts, lapel pins, identification badges and temporary mobile phones received during President Donald Trump's visit to China before the aircraft departed for the United States....
Thai hantavirus distinct from Andes strain, risk remains very low
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (316+ words) Prof Dr Yong Poovorawan, Fellow of the Academy of Science, Royal Society of Thailand, and Head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, addressed concerns regarding the spread of hantavirus. He stated…...
Thailand tightens hantavirus screening at borders despite no reported cases
1+ week, 1+ day ago (416+ words) Thailand has intensified nationwide surveillance measures against hantavirus infections, with health authorities tightening screening procedures for travellers arriving from high-risk areas despite no confirmed cases being detected in the country so far. Montien Kanasawat, M. D. , director-general of the Department of Disease…...
JSceal malware lets hackers steal data and over 10m baht, police warn
1+ week, 4+ day ago (351+ words) The Royal Thai Police's Anti Cyber Scam Centre (ACSC) has warned the public about a serious cyber threat from JSceal malware, which can be embedded in computers, especially those running Windows, and used to steal passwords, cryptocurrency and one-time passwords…...
AI-Powered Scam Factories Now Bigger Than Global Drug Trade, Fintech Experts Warn
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1117+ words) Cybercrime experts at Money20/20 Asia urge financial institutions to abandon static security rules and adopt continuous, AI-driven defences as deepfake fraud reaches industrial scale. The global fraud landscape has crossed a threshold that would have seemed implausible just a few years…...
Asia's Open Finance Ambitions Demand Interoperability, Smarter Regulation, and Human-Centred Design
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1153+ words) From BIS cross-border pilots to Tik Tok-embedded loans, panellists argue that Asia's financial future hinges on connecting fragmented silos into a unified trust framework. Building truly inclusive open finance ecosystems across Asia will require more than regulatory mandates " it demands…...
PDPC sounds top alert over Booking. com booking scams
3+ week, 5+ day ago (617+ words) The Personal Data Breach Surveillance Centre, or PDPC Eagle Eye, under the Office of the Personal Data Protection Committee, has raised its cyber threat warning to the highest level after detecting a wave of online fraud targeting users of Booking....
ONE launches legal action against Rodtang over alleged contract breaches
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (387+ words) ONE Championship Thailand has announced legal action against Rodtang Jitmuangnon, saying it has started proceedings in Singapore, Japan and Thailand over what it describes as repeated breaches of his contractual obligations. The promotion said it was acting transparently towards fans,…...
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1+ mon, 3+ week ago (12+ words) Where Thailand stands on fuel prices in Asean after latest surge'Nation Thailand...