Thailand encourages South Korean investment in Mekong subregion development projects

THAILAND has reassured South Korea there will be plenty of opportunities for the country’s participation in development projects in the Mekong subregion, the Foreign Ministry said.

Several development projects are planned for this year and the next that can be carried out under the Mekong-ROK cooperation framework, the ministry said. 

The cooperation was discussed in June at a meeting in Bangkok co-chaired by ministry’s deputy director-general of International Economic Affairs Department, Nikorndej Balankura, and Nikorndej’s South Korean counterpart Koo Hong-seok, the director-general of the department of Asean and Southeast Asian Affairs.

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