On 9 February 2022, Mrs. Pornpimol Kanchanalak, Special Envoy of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand co-chaired the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) Ministerial Conference in Seoul. Thailand promoted closer OECD-ASEAN ties, advanced BCG for sustainable and balance growth, witnessed the signing of OECD-ASEAN Memorandum of Understanding and handed over co-chair from the Republic of Korea and Thailand to Australia and Vietnam.