Tag: ASEAN Community
How to Get Timor Leste Into Asean by 2020
Have things changed since 2011, when Indonesia was actively pushing for Timor Leste in its role as Asean Chair?
Posted by: Edmund Sim November 19, 2014
On October 27th, Mr Christian Whiton, whose work I respect, wrote in WSJ.com on the reasons why Timor Leste should join the Association of Southeast...
Towards people-centric Asean
“Our People, Our Community, Our Vision” promises to bring the people from the far-flung and latest chair, Myanmar, and the CLV (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) closer to the rest of Southeast Asia.
24 November 2014 @ 12:24 AM
FROM Nay Pyi Taw to Kuala Lumpur, the last two weeks have been...
Why summits matter
Multilateral summitry lends itself to familiar gibes about wildly expensive photo opportunities, set-piece speeches endorsing precooked lowest-common-denominator communiques, and more time devoted to parading around in silly shirts than to policy substance.
Philippine Daily Inquirer | 1:01 AM | Wednesday, November 26th, 2014
CANBERRA—It is easy to be skeptical about the...
Myanmar helped ease tensions at ASEAN summit: Minister
Myanmar has played a pivotal role in helping to ease tensions in the South China Sea during the ASEAN summit, said the country's Information Minister Ye Htut on Tuesday (Nov 25).
By May Wong, Myanmar Correspondent, Channel NewsAsia
POSTED: 25 Nov 2014 20:33
UPDATED: 25 Nov 2014 23:36
YANGON: Myanmar's Information Minister said...
Malaysia as ASEAN Chair in 2015: What To Expect
The country will be leading the bloc during a pivotal year. Can it deliver on its promises?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
November 22, 2014
On November 13, at the close of the 25th ASEAN Summit in Naypyidaw, Myanmar president Thein Sein handed the ceremonial chairman’s gavel to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, marking...
Southern Thai peace talks discussed as PM visits Malaysia
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on Monday discussed prospects for restarting stalled peace talks aimed at ending southern Thailand's deadly Muslim insurgency, officials said.
Agence France-Presse December 1, 2014 6:30pm
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak on Monday discussed prospects...
Protesters denounce Thai premier’s visit to Malaysia
Political and human rights activists protested at Thailand's embassy in Malaysia Monday against the visit by Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha.
December 1, 2014 5:03 pm
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - Political and human rights activists protested at Thailand's embassy in Malaysia Monday against the visit by Thai Prime Minister General...
Groups urge govt: Lead way in protecting human rights defenders amid ASEAN integration
December 10, 2014 12:43pm
On the 67th year of the historic adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, human rights groups called on the Philippine government to lead the way in protecting rights defenders amid an integrated ASEAN economy.
In a joint statement...
US sends mixed message to Myanmar military
Human rights advocates and some lawmakers say the United States is sending the wrong signal by opening the door for broader engagement with Myanmar's widely criticized military just weeks after President Barack Obama assured opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi that closer ties weren't going to happen soon.
Dec. 12,...
Southeast Asian Laws That Ought to Be Repealed in 2015
Singapore’s anti-gay sex law, Malaysia’s Sedition Act, Thailand’s anti-royal insult law (lèse majesté), Philippine libel law, Vietnam’s media regulation laws, Brunei’s Sharia law – all these notorious laws made news this year and they ought to be reviewed, if not outright repealed, in 2015.
By Mong Palatino
December 16, 2014
Singapore’s anti-gay...
