Your Excellency Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Sohn Kyung Shik, Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Excellencies, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen.
 
It is a great pleasure and honour for me to give a keynote speech at this historic CEO Summit, which brings together leading CEOs from ASEAN and the Republic of Korea.  I had no hesitation in accepting the invitation because I have always believed that there is a need for the private sector to play a greater role in restoring confidence …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday urged government leaders and business people of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and South Korea to cooperate in a bid to overcome the current global financial crisis and other challenges toward Asia’s prosperity.
In his address to the participants of the ASEAN-Korea CEO Summit on Jeju Island, South Korea, the Thai prime minister, on behalf of ASEAN chair, said many influences which have shaped globalization are now making the world become more competitive and move at a much quicker pace.  

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said his government plans to host the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit with its six dialogue partners in June.
During his weekly television address, the Thai premier said the three-day summit, which had earlier been held in the eastern resort of Pattaya but cancelled on April 11 after anti-government protesters stormed the hotel venue, will be rescheduled for June.

Abhisit said the Thai government is now contacting the leaders of ASEAN countries and the dialogue partners — China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and …

Thai Deputy Finance Minister Pradit (centre) and Japan’s ambassador to Thailand Kyoji Komachi (left) are about to exchange their signed copies of agreement while JICA Thailand office’s director Katsuji Onoda looks on.

 
Thailand yesterday signed an agreement to borrow about 63 billion yen ($655 million) from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in an effort to finance the Red Line rail project, linking upper Bangkok to Rangsit in Pathum Thani province.
The agreement, worth about 23 billion baht, was signed between Thai Deputy Finance Minister Pradit Phataraprasit and Japan’s ambassador to Thailand Kyoji …

Royal Cliff Beach Resort in Pattaya
   

Pattaya has been picked as the venue for two meetings for Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) leaders and their dialogue partners during April 10-12.
Thailand’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kasit Piromya recently announced that the ministry had decided to choose the eastern resort in Chonburi Province as the venue for the 14th ASEAN Summit with dialogue partners, also known as ASEAN+3 (China, South Korea and Japan) and ASEAN+6 (China, South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and India) meetings.
The meetings will be held at Pattaya Exhibition …

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is scheduled to today give a lecture on democracy at St John’s College, Oxford University, as a part of his activities during a three-day official visit to Britain.
The Oxford-graduated Thai PM, whose visit at the invitation of the British government began yesterday, will speak on “Taking on the Challenges of Democracy”, expectedly with a focus on his ideas on how to develop democracy and reform Thai politics with a minimum government intervention by allowing a neutral institution to undertake the study for further implementation toward …