BANGKOK -- Thai Prime Minister and junta boss Prayuth Chan-ocha gathered his economic team for a rare all-star appearance in front of foreign investors on Thursday in a desperate appeal to get money flowing back into the country again.
"Please come now, don't wait -- the sooner is the better," Prayuth told a Stock Exchange of Thailand conference titled "Thailand's Big Strategic Move." He vowed that his military regime would put Thailand on track "to become a first-world, developed nation" by kicking off large infrastructure projects before the long-delayed general election, now slated for late 2018.