Thai PM calls for sustainable growth as tensions overshadow APEC | Economy

Prayuth Chan-ocha says region needs new perspective as war in Ukraine and North Korean missile launch cloud summit.

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has called on world leaders to focus on sustainable economic growth as geopolitical tensions over Ukraine and North Korea threatened to overshadow the last of three back-to-back summits in the region.

Prayuth, who is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Bangkok, said on Friday countries would have to break with past practices to overcome the challenges of the pandemic, climate change and geopolitical divisions.

“We can no longer live like we did. We need to adjust our perspective, ways of life and ways of doing business,” Prayuth said at the opening of the two-day forum.

The gathering, which follows this week’s East Asia Summit in Cambodia and G20 leaders’ summit in Bali, Indonesia, has brought…