Tag: ASEAN Community
Can Laos Lead ASEAN in 2016?
Regardless of the late month of the ASEAN Summit(s) in 2016, Laos will still take over its responsibilities as ASEAN Chair after the November 2015 ASEAN Summit in Malaysia. Thus, because of the additional responsibilities and tasks (particularly the IAI 3 program) I would recommend that Laos send its...
Confirmed: US Will Hold 2016 Cobra Gold Military Exercises in Thailand
The U.S. military will scale down the annual exercise over human rights concerns, but won’t cancel it.
By Prashanth Parameswaran
June 13, 2015
On June 12, media outlets reported that the United States had decided this week to go ahead with preparations for Cobra Gold 2016 — the Asia-Pacific’s largest annual multinational...
Dr M calls for Myanmar to be expelled from Asean
Published: Friday June 12, 2015 MYT 11:10:00 AM
Updated: Friday June 12, 2015 MYT 8:57:25 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: It would be better for Myanmar to be excluded from Asean as genocide is unacceptable, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
The former prime minister urged Asean as well as the United Nations to take...
Asean should re-look its non-interference policy: Tun Dr Mahathir
Asean should re-look its non-interference policy and set limits to what constitutes an 'internal affair', former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.
By AINA NASA - 12 June 2015 @ 4:03 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: Asean should re-look its non-interference policy and set limits to what constitutes an 'internal affair', former...
Thailand strengthens internal security governance
On the surface, Thailand has been racing against time to "do everything it can" to solve human trafficking and slave labour issues and extricate the country from Tier 3 of the US annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP), which is expected soon.
Kavi Chongkittavorn
The Nation June 8, 2015 1:00 am
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ASEAN to handle migration, East Sea dispute together
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the end of the year prompted Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, to speak to Viet Nam News and other ASEAN news outlets on issues facing regional group members.
Updated June, 08 2015 09:19:00
The formation of the ASEAN Economic Community at the...
Malaysian jungle graves may stall trade pact with US
The discovery of scores of graves in people-smuggling camps in Malaysia is casting a shadow over President Barack Obama's signature trade deal as US lawmakers consider punishing trading partners that are soft on human trafficking.
Published: 5 June 2015 2:06 PM
Just as Obama's drive to win "fast-track" trade negotiating authority...
Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal
Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody yesterday, with rights groups labelling them ‘human guinea pigs’ for an uncaring policy by Canberra to offload refugees onto other countries.
Posted on June 4, 2015, Thursday
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody yesterday, with...
Rights experts voice concerns over BITs and FTAs
A group of United Nations experts has voiced concerns over the potential detrimental impact that free trade and investment agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) may have on the enjoyment of human rights.
Geneva, 3 Jun (Kanaga Raja) -- A group...
Kalla: Indonesia Must Push Myanmar to End Persecution of Rohingya
Vice President Jusuf Kalla says Indonesia must push Myanmar to end the discrimination and violence against the country’s Rohingya ethnic minority, as the influx of asylum seekers fleeing the country grows into an international concern.
By Yuli Krisna & Yoseph Kelen on 09:58 pm Jun 03, 2015
Bandung/Kupang. Vice President Jusuf...
