ASEAN IN FOCUS

New era for Thai monarchy as prince set to be proclaimed king

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will be proclaimed the new king of Thailand later Thursday, his office…

ASEAN discusses synergy building to promote CSR in the region

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The ASEAN Secretariat, in cooperation with the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network, organised a workshop on…

ASEAN enhances monitoring and evaluation of connectivity

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- To effectively implement the recently adopted Master Plan on The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Connectivity (MPAC) 2025,…

ASEAN, Switzerland launch sectoral dialogue partnership for stronger cooperation

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Switzerland on Tuesday, November 28 convened the Inaugural ASEAN-Switzerland…

ASEAN to strengthen operationalization of mine center

PHNOM PENH -- The 2nd Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Mine Action Centre…

Unpredictable and untested: Thailand’s new king

by Jerome TAYLOR BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- After spending much of his life outside the public eye, Thailand's next monarch…

CA$11.9m initiative to boost ASEAN SMEs

Canada is working with ASEAN to deliver an ambitious five-year, 11.9 million Canadian dollar-initiative, through a partnership with the organization…

Vietnam abandons plan for first nuclear power plants

Going over to Vietnam, the national assembly voted to scrap plans to build two multi-billion-dollar nuclear power plants with Russia…

Dutch prime minister meets his Singaporean counterpart in the city state

  SINGAPORE(Reuters)-- Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte met with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday (November) on his…

Whale shark sucks fish from net off Indonesia

Conservationists catch underwater video of an adolescent male whale shark sucking fish out of a fishing net off Indonesia. (Eagle…

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