Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today said when the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) become a single economic community in 2015, the ASEAN Community should be “a community of action, connectivity and peoples”.
In his keynote address to mark the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Phuket, PM Abhisit, on behalf of the chair of the 10-nation bloc, expressed confident that ASEAN will continue to move forward towards the goal of becoming a community so the member countries should begin to think about what type of community …

The secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday said he was confident in the security measures provided by Thai authorities for ASEAN meetings.
ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said during a press briefing in Phuket that Thailand was ready to host the 42nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and the 16th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), scheduled for July 19-23, in the southern resort.
“I can assure you all that Thailand’s preparation on the security arrangements is superb. I am most confident that the Meetings will proceed without …

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The Phuket King’s Cup Regatta, Asia’s biggest and most popular regatta, will this year be held in the southern island province during November 29 – December 6.