Tag: ASEAN Community
ASEAN shows concerns over Thailand political turmoil
Bangkok, 15 Dec 2013, (NNT) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is truly concerned over Thailand's political deadlocks.
According to ASEAN official messages sent to the Government yesterday, the Heads of State and Governments of ASEAN Member States have been closely following the current development in the Kingdom...
ASEAN is improving the region, holds great potential: Yudhoyono
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had vastly improved the region over the past few years.
"It has taken time and diplomacy for the countries in Southeast Asia to be grouped under one regional organization like ASEAN. We are now committed...
Toward a community of solidarity with resilience
Japan is hosting the ASEAN Japan Commemorative Summit in Tokyo. Each head of state or government from all 10 ASEAN member states will convene in Tokyo to commemorate our 40 years of friendship and cooperation, as well as to chart our partnership into the future.
Japan and ASEAN share common...
Myanmar leads ASEAN into 2014
Myanmar’s political transition has found active support in all nations — but the 2011 ASEAN Summit in Bali encouraged the reforms by according Naypyidaw the association’s chairmanship in 2014.
In this period of reform and transition, Myanmar now faces the challenge of leading a region that is working towards prosperity...
Govt to give ASEAN $100 mil
The government plans to pledge an additional $100 million to help build an ASEAN community by 2015, at the special summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations scheduled to begin in Tokyo on Friday evening.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce the additional contribution to the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund,...
Abe should pursue universal values in diplomacy with ASEAN
It has been 40 years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan started exchanges for cooperation.
The Japanese government offered official development assistance (ODA) worth about 2 trillion yen ($19.4 billion) on Dec. 14 at a summit in Tokyo to leaders of the 10 member countries. The...
ASEAN economic integration has long way to go
When ASEAN leaders gathered at a posh hotel in Singapore in 1992, they knew the time had come to get their act together to accelerate the grouping’s economic integration and compete with the rest of the world. They agreed to the establishment of the ASEAN Free Trade Area among...
ASEAN Week Held At Bangkok’s Main Railway Station To Promote ASEAN Community
BANGKOK, Dec 16 (Bernama) -- Thailand is organising an Asean Week this week themed "We are Asean: Asean Community, Asean Citizen," at Hualamphong,Bangkok's main railway station, to promote out the Asean Community (AC) which is set to be established by 2015.
Various activities, including cultural and brass band performances, as...
Myanmar’s Speaker of Parliament calls on ASEAN Officials
JAKARTA, 17 December 2013 - On the sidelines of his official visit to Indonesia, the Speaker of Myanmar’s Parliament Rt. Hon. Thura U Shwe Mann met with high-ranking officials of ASEAN Secretariat at the Association’s headquarter in Jakarta. He was accompanied by a group of parliamentarians from Myanmar.
Deputy Secretary-General...
Myanmar people’s forum underway in Yangon
A Myanmar People's Forum is underway here in preparation for hosting the ASEAN People's Forum as Myanmar is to serve as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014.
The three-day forum, which began on Saturday and attended by more than 150 civil societies, aims to ensure...
