Obama in White House is good news for Thailand

Southeast Asian countries, including the Thailand, of good days ahead, with Barack Obama as President in the White House.

\"Senator Barack Obama spent several childhood years in Southeast Asia. That is gonna be good news. I think when you grow up already loving Southeast Asia, with the region close to you heart, for us here, that is gonna be good news for Southeast Asia.

Obama, whose father hails from Kenya, lived in Indonesia for four years and went to a grade school in Jakarta. The US president-elect was born in Hawaii. Based on Barack Obama\'s historic speech after being elected by Americans to the White House on Tuesday, the president-elect has indicated his \"global outlook\" and promised to \"reach out\" to America\'s friends around the world. The United States designated Thailand as one of the most important non-NATO ally in the Southeast Asia.
In his victory speech in Chicago late Tuesday, Obama said a \"new dawn\" of American leadership was at hand as he promised a shared US destiny with the rest of the world.

\"It\'s been a long time coming. But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,\" he said in front of a crowd of 65,000 people.

\"All of those watching tonight from beyond our shores, in the parliament and in the palaces, those huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular but our destiny is shared,\" he added.

He also warned those who have been sowing terror while praising people seeking peace. \"To those who would tear the world down, we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security, we support you.\"

\"We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals -- opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.\"