The Minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, Surapong Tovichakchaikul is listening to Myung Pil Shim, the Minister of the Office of National River Restoration on the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project at the Ipo Weir site.
The minister of Foreign Affairs in Thailand, Surapong Toyichakchaikul visited the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project sites on his way back from attending the 1st Mekong-ROK Foreign Minister’s Meeting held in Seoul on October 27th and 28th. This trip was engaged with the request from the minister Surapong himself. When he was in an event of Jae Hong Lim the ambassador’s inaugural address on October 26th, he mentioned “I believe I can get some ideas of flood control from the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project of Korea.” In addition, he expressed his desire to pay a visit saying “During this visit, I must go to see the water resources management sites of Korea. Please arrange a meeting.”
The Minister Surapong who came with the ambassadorial party of 15 people including the Thai ambassador in Korea, Chaiyong Satjipanon was full of admiration for the entire time of field trip exclaiming “exceptional” over and over. He has also asked many questions after comprehensively going through the promotional pamphlet of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project.
The Minister Surapong asked, “What are the secrets resulting in almost-zero damage despite of the torrential rainfall this summer?” “We could withstand the rainfalls by installing multipurpose weirs to adjust water level and by dredging riverbeds to enlarge water reservoir,” replied Myung Pil Shim, the Minister of the Office of National River Restoration.
