Hanoi flag-hoisting ceremony marks ASEAN’s 57th anniversary
With direction as the strategic vision, solidarity as the fulcrum, centrality as the foundation, and specific programmes as the tools, ASEAN will be able to harmoniously adapt to…
Hong Kong Chief Executive’s ASEAN trip bears fruits of collaboration
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-Chiu’s landmark visit to Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam has yielded fruitful results, with various parties signing 55 agreements to bolster…
ASEAN, Indo-Pacific partners call for North Korea to comply with UN resolutions
The ASEAN Regional Forum is known as the only multilateral meeting in which North Korea participates.
ASEAN meeting urges constructive dialogue for regional peace
The ARF comprises 27 members, including the 10 ASEAN states, 10 ASEAN Dialogue Partners (Australia, Canada, China, the EU, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Russia and the…
Hong Kong leader embarks on ASEAN visit
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu leads a Hong Kong delegation on a visit to three ASEAN member states—Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam—which started Sunday, July 28.
ASEAN can never be a proxy, Indonesia reasserts at ministerial meeting
Navigating regional tensions sparked by the US-China rivalry and territorial disputes in the South China Sea have become important talking points, with top diplomats urging the…
ASEAN development seen boosting demand for Hong Kong professional services
Industry leaders said that the rapid economic development of Southeast Asian countries has heightened their demand for professional services, and Hong Kong has a lot to offer…
ASEAN FMs review SEA nuclear weapons free zone, other work plans
The meeting also discussed cooperation activities between the ASEAN Secretariat and the Secretariat of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the…
Myanmar junta official ‘hopeful’ for Myanmar to regain normal status in Asean
“We are very much hopeful, very hopeful,” said Dr Khin Thidar Aye, director-general of the Asean affairs department in Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Laos. “If…
SE Asian unity urged for South China Sea as top diplomats meet at ASEAN foreign minister talks
Hopes are not high that the talks in Vientiane will result in significant progress on the South China Sea issue, such as a code of conduct for nations operating in the body of…