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The election of Rodrigo Duterte as the new president of the Philippines tops the June 2016 edition of “ASEAN Today.” Raissa Chentami of the Indonesia Channel Anchors the program from Jakarta, home of the ASEAN Secretariat. She also reports on the concerns over a popular tiger attraction in Thailand, and luxury villas in Cambodia’s historic Siem Reap Region. This is the 54th episode in the informative and entertaining series now in its fifth year of […]
SENIOR officials from the ASEAN nations and China vowed on Thursday to fully and effectively implement the declaration on the conduct (DOC) of parties in the South China Sea. The 12th senior officials’ meeting on the implementation of the DOC, co-chaired by Chinese vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin and Singapore’s permanent Secretary of Foreign Ministry Chee Wee Kiong, was held in Vietnam’s northern Halong City. All parties vowed to continue to fully and effectively implement […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Indonesia on Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of the popular holiday island of Lombok at 12:13 pm (0413 GMT), at a depth of 29 kilometers, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]
Reuters) Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte warned mining companies to “shape up”, as he signaled he would prefer ownership of mining assets to be left to local investors. He also said the incoming government may rewrite rules to limit environmental degradation in the sector. Duterte, who assumes office on June 30, has named nearly all his cabinet members this week but has yet to appoint a new minister that will oversee the Southeast Asian country’s mining […]
(Reuters) China came under pressure from the United States and Asian powers to rein in its actions in the South China Sea, with the U.S. defense secretary urging Beijing to join in on regional cooperation or risk erecting a “Great Wall of self-isolation.” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter encouraged China to participate in a “principled security network” for Asia to help counter concerns about its strategic intentions following “expansive and unprecedented actions” in the South […]
Eagle News — The world economic forum on ASEAN 2016 was held at the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the meeting, which takes place from 1-2 June, is ‘shaping the ASEAN agenda for inclusion and growth’.
CHINA’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, which includes overlapping claims with the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam, took another hit recently when Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son, a Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang institute for Socio-Economic Development, visited Yale University in New Haven, Ct. A report in Forbes said that Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang Institute for socio-Economic Development, Dr Tran Duc […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Families of six Malaysia Airlines crew members who were killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine nearly two years ago filed a lawsuit Thursday blaming the carrier for the tragedy. The suit accuses the airline of negligence and breach of contract and is believed to be the first filed against the company over the 2014 disaster, said Balan Nair, a lawyer representing families of the six Malaysian crew […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Beijing insisted Monday a Chinese boat detained close to Indonesian islands had been fishing legally, in a fresh flare-up of tensions between the countries in the South China Sea. The Indonesian navy seized the Chinese boat in waters near the Natuna Islands on Friday for allegedly fishing illegally, the military said. The boat was towed to shore and eight Chinese crew members have been detained. Jakarta and Beijing have clashed before […]
BANGKOK, Thailand — A Brainstorming Session to Monitor the Effectiveness of Competition Regimes in ASEAN was held on 25-26 May in Bangkok, Thailand. The session is part of the initiative to develop an Assessment Toolkit on Competition Enforcement and Advocacy tailored to the ASEAN context under the ASEAN Competition Action Plan 2016-2025. ASEAN recognizes the benefit presented from periodically assessing their competition regimes to, among others, support the steering and management of competition agencies, review the investigation […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Three foreign tourists were killed and one other remains missing after a packed speed boat capsized off the popular Thai holiday island of Koh Samui, a police officer said Friday. The boat, which was carrying 32 tourists plus four crew, flipped over Thursday afternoon after it was slammed by a wave near a rocky stretch of coast off the island in the Gulf of Thailand. The bodies of a 28-year-old British […]
