Tag: ASEAN Community
The ASEAN Economic Community’s labour policy needs work
Driven by the looming 2015 deadline, discussion is heating up about the impact ASEAN’s Economic Community (AEC) will have on employment.
27 September 2014
Author: Sanchita Basu Das, ISEAS
Driven by the looming 2015 deadline, discussion is heating up about the impact ASEAN’s Economic Community (AEC) will have on employment. Set to...
MSF appoints new govt representative for women’s rights on Asean Commission
The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) has appointed Mrs Laura Hwang Cheng Lin as the new Singapore government representative for women's rights on the Asean Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Social and Family Development...
Consumerism booms as Cambodia embraces once-forbidden capitalism
Chy Sila has come a long way since he invested his $500 life savings in a small shop in Cambodia's capital to sell bootleg music and pirated movies.
Published: 1 Oct 2014 at 11.59 | Viewed: 2,054 |
Online news: World
Writer: Prak Chan Thul / Reuters
PHNOM PENH — Chy Sila has...
Aquino criticizes UN for mission ‘impossible’
President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Wednesday criticized the United Nations for refusing to better arm Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, saying this made their mission “impossible”.
October 1, 2014 2:28 pm
President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Wednesday criticized the United Nations for refusing to better arm Filipino peacekeepers in the...
Myanmar ‘must remain’ on UN rights council’s agenda
Activists dispute foreign minister's claim that all concerns have been addressed
John Zaw, Mandalay
Myanmar
October 1, 2014
Activists in Myanmar say it is far too soon to drop the country from the agenda of the United Nations’ human rights body, citing continuing military abuses in ethnic areas, a surge in land grabs...
Indigenous Peoples in South East Asia have bitter tales to tell
In the advent of 21st century, the South East Asia saw the tremendous advancement of science and technologies, fast-paced growth in industrialization, westernization, tremendous escalation in economy, development and to boast further, the governments in the region are preparing for the economic integration—free trade and movement by 2015.
In the...
US Works on Asia Ties Amid Mideast Focus
A U.S. military pact with the Philippines and Washington's decision to ease an arms embargo against Vietnam show the Obama administration's commitment to deeper security ties with Asia.
WASHINGTON — Oct 5, 2014, 1:08 PM ET
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press
A U.S. military pact with the Philippines and Washington's decision...
Trans-Pacific Partnership could raise stakes for Vietnam’s sick
Last November WikiLeaks published a document described as a draft chapter of the agreement that sparked outrage among public health advocates.
By An Dien, Thanh Nien News
HO CHI MINH CITY - Friday, October 03, 2014 08:38
A pharmacy of Cho Ray, a major Ho Chi Minh City-based hospital, was packed on...
Growing humanity needed to address refugee problems
As the latest UN report recorded a sharp increase in refugees due to civil wars, three authors in the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival on Friday discussed the issues facing refugees globally and the efforts to protect human rights.
Desy Nurhayati, The Jakarta Post, Ubud, Bali | Archipelago | Sat,...
Toward A Common Voice for Asean
A united geopolitical common voice for Asean would give the Association of Southeast Asian Nations a bigger global role, says Simon Tay, the chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.
Posted by: Singapore Institute of International Affairs October 6, 2014
A united geopolitical common voice for Asean would give the...
