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The recent elected President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in made the unprecedented move to enhance his country’s relationship with countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2017 by presenting the “New Southern Policy” (NSP) while having a state visit in Indonesia. Creating diplomatic and multilateral economic platforms amid unpredictable geopolitics caused by the mercurial Trump administration back …

Asean should soon finalize a travel corridor framework for the safe resumption of essential business travel suggested by the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng suggested. Nguyễn Quốc Dũng was speaking while addressing the Asean Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) last Thursday which took place via videoconference chaired by Brunei, which holds the Asean Chairmanship in 2021. They …

Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, who is the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs has called for the ASEAN member states to have the travel corridor framework completed soon in order to have a safe reopening of essential business travel. The deputy minister was speaking while addressing the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) on Thursday. The event was held via video conference, …

ASEAN member’s defense ministers along with their partners have adopted the Bandar Seri Begawan Declaration towards a future-ready, peaceful and prosperous ASEAN. The eighth ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) has been held on Wednesday through a virtual conference with Brunei as its host. ASEAN’s defense ministers together with eight partner countries namely Russia, China, US, Japan, the Republic of …

ASEAN member defense chiefs have expressed their concern over the ongoing activities of the Chinese in the South China Sea. In the 15th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM), there were several ASEAN defense ministers who said they were perturbed over the China Coast Guard law which has been passed in January. This recent Chinese naval law has given power to …

China has given its pledge to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to continue its assistance in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic as Beijing made sure to stay committed in making its SARS-CoV-2 vaccines for the global public. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that in the Special ASEAN-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SACFMM) held on Monday at Chongqing, …

The 40-year-old Singaporean Dickson Yeo, who spied for China in the United States is being detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for acting as a paid agent of a foreign country. The Internal Security Department (ISD) said in a press release today that it had served the detention order on Dickson Yeo on January 29 and that his continued …

Ambassadors in Iran and Spain of the Philippines have assumed the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) committees in the respective countries they are currently posted. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Wilfredo Santos assumed the ASEAN Tehran Committee (ATC) chairmanship from the outgoing Chair, former Malaysian Ambassador to Iran Dato’ Rustam Yahaya. He was represented …

ASEAN and China have come to an agreement to exercise self-restraint over the disputed South China Sea (SCS) to expand vaccine cooperation in dealing with the Covid-19 situation. The foreign ministers of China and ASEAN both committed to exercise self-restraint during the Special Asean-China Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (SACFMM) that was held in Chongqing, China, on June 7 to celebrate the …

AstraZeneca says it is working closely with South-east Asia governments to ensure its Covid-19 vaccine is supplied “as quickly as possible”, after reported delays in deliveries of orders from a Thai plant owned by the country’s powerful king. Malaysia and Taiwan this week became the latest in the region to warn they expected delays in deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured …