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Asean faces mounting pressure to strengthen energy security, accelerate the clean energy transition and reform slow decision-making amid a fractured global order

Thailand’s 6-baht-per-litre fuel price increase still leaves local pump prices below several Asean countries, while officials say the move was needed to ease pressure on the Oil Fuel Fund after a sharp jump in global oil prices.

The success of Thai technology company Amity in securing US$100 million, or around 3.2 billion baht, in its Series D funding round is more than just one of the region’s biggest Generative AI deals. It also highlights a broader picture — the emergence of a new generation of Thai technology leaders building on the foundations laid by those before them.