The video game market in Thailand is expected to grow 13 per cent year on year to Bt22,000 million in sales this year, part of an estimated Bt140 billion for the Asean region, while the global market is currently valued at Bt4.6 trillion.

Sergeant La David Johnson, an American soldier, was recently killed in an ambush in Niger. US President Donald Trump is reported to have offered condolences to Johnson’s widow in words that went something like this: “He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.”