On 6 January 2023, Ambassador Witchu Vejjajiva welcomed members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of Thailand led by Mr. Sarawut Phetpanomporn, Chairman of the Standing Committee, on their visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) to strengthen partnership with related agencies of the ROK. During the meeting, the Ambassador gave an overview of the Thailand–ROK relations, as well as responded to questions and exchanged views with members of the Standing Committee on the work of the Embassy in protecting and providing assistance to Thai nationals of around 190,000 residing in the ROK, issues related to illegal workers, and concerns regarding Thai tourists denied entry to the ROK at the ports of entry. After the meeting, the Ambassador and members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of Thailand paid a courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Lee Jeong-sik, Minister of Employment and Labour of the ROK to discuss Thai labour-related issues.

On 4 January 2023, Mr. Lee Yong-bae, President and CEO of Hyundai Rotem paid a visit to H.E. Mr. Witchu Vejjajiva, Ambassador of Thailand to the ROK, to introduce core groups of the company’s products consisting of (1) Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and defense products (2) High speed rail & subway systems, and (3) Hydrogen mobility system (including hydrogen tram and stations). Also in attendance were Colonel Nontapol Attanand, Defence/Army Attaché, and Gp.Capt. Pongchat Phansri, Air Attaché and Assistant Defence Attaché. On this occasion, Ambassador emphasized the Royal Thai Embassy’s priority of creating new partnerships between Thai and ROK businesses, expressed readiness to support opportunities for cooperation between Hyundai Rotem and both the public and private sectors of Thailand, and invited Mr. Lee to consider paying a visit to Thailand to promote further cooperation going forward.

The Royal Thai Embassy in Seoul welcomes the Republic of Korea’s “Strategy for a Free, Peaceful, and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region” as announced by H.E. Mr. Park Jin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on 28 December 2022. The Embassy appreciates that the Strategy which revolves around three Visions (Freedom, Peace, Prosperity) and three Principles of Cooperation (Inclusiveness, Trust, Reciprocity) is seeking to engage even more closely and deeply with ASEAN and ASEAN member countries while supporting ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) as a basis for their future collaboration. The Embassy stands ready to further discuss with ROK’s relevant authorities on how to put the Strategy’s Core Lines of Effort into action with a view to enhancing mutual benefits to all parties concerned.

On 17 November 2022, Mr. Bancha Yuenyongchongcharoen, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission visited Thailand’s exhibition at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2022 at COEX Exhibition Center, Seoul. Over 600 inventions from 20 countries participated in this year’s exhibition and contest. From Thailand, the National Research Council of Thailand, under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, showcased 71 inventions from 32 Thai agencies at the exhibition. Examples of the inventions include: (1) Self-test kit for risk diagnosis of Kidney Disease (Thammasat University) (2) A.I. system for analyzing the sound of water leakage that uses data management through Cloud system (Metropolitan Waterworks Authority) (3) Reishural Serum : Reishi mushroom extract that has been developed into cosmetics (National Science and Technology Development Agency), and (4) Non-chemical cassava biodegradable cat litter that can assess a cat’s health from the changing color of the beads after contact with cat urine (Wealthy Moggie Innovation Co., Ltd.)

On 14 November 2022, Mr. Bancha Yuenyongchongcharoen, Minister, welcomed and gave a briefing to the participants of a training program, “Enhancing the capability of members of the council of higher education institutes and high-level executives” organized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) during their study visit to the ROK between 13 – 16 November 2022. The training program is aimed at enhancing the participants’ capability to manage higher education in accordance with good governance principles and to become executives that can keep up with the current trends and the country’s higher education development directions and goals. On this occasion, Minister gave an overview on the relations between Thailand and the ROK on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Thailand-ROK Strategic partnership, and exchanged views on how the ROK’s education system has contributed to the development of the ROK into one of the most innovative and technologically advanced countries in the world.

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