Representatives from seven political parties also said that Thailand should restore its position as a leader in the Asean region, if it is to benefit from geopolitics and…
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon met junta chief Min Aung Hlaing and reformist ex-president Thein Sein, in what was seen as a peacemaking mission.
The China-Laos Railway, which China helps operate, has turned Laos from a landlocked country into a land-linked hub in Southeast Asia.
"People-to-people exchanges play an important role in promoting the development of bilateral relations", the Chinese ambassador to Brunei said.
This not only violates Vietnam's sovereignty towards the Hoang Sa archipelago, but also the sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its waters.
Launched in 2017, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and ASEAN members.
Thailand has been careful not to directly criticise Myanmar’s military regime but recent events have made its support seem less tacit.
More than three months into its chairmanship, the government has remained conspicuously silent on the Myanmar coup crisis, among others.
Recent talks between China and Malaysia have revived the decades-old proposal for such an institution.
So far, only China has asserted its willingness to sign the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty Protocol.