{
  "id": 11118331,
  "title": "Thailand’s Leadership Test in ASEAN’s Digital Future",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/thailands-leadership-test-in-aseans-digital-future",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:26:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Thailand Business News",
    "slug": "thailand-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.thailand-business-news.com/tech/331258-thailands-leadership-test-in-aseans-digital-future"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A World Economic Forum report on ASEAN’s digital economy highlights the gap between digital ambition and practical execution, positioning Thailand’s leadership as pivotal. Having chaired negotiations for the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) across fourteen rounds culminating in 2026, Thailand now faces the challenge of translating this agreement into functional cross-border…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}