Bangkok: “The Nation’s Springboard Mission”: An Open Interview with ‘Mek Kriengkrai’ Behind the Scenes of the 2025 SEA Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies That Had to Be Built in Just Days. On a night when the eyes of Thais and ASEAN were fixed on Rajamangala National Stadium, one of the key elements of the 2025 SEA Games was the man behind the entire story, Mr. Mek Kriengkrai Kanjanapokin.
According to Thai News Agency, Mr. Mek Kriengkrai Kanjanapokin is the Chief Executive Officer of Index Creative Village Public Company Limited and the “event organizer” tasked with managing a national-level mission under one of the tightest deadlines in the history of national ceremonies. The full interview in the file reveals many things that have never been told before, including the limited budget, the almost insufficient preparation time, the pressure from all sides, and what motivated the project team of over 1,200 people to fight until the project turned out to be “the best that Thais could possibly do.”