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China welcomes progress in South China Sea issue amid tensions
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2019
» Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday welcomed "major progress" at a meeting with his Asean counterparts in mapping out a "code of conduct" to avert clashes in the South China Sea.
Asean foreign ministers discuss S. China Sea, Rohingya
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2019
» Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations began their annual series of meetings in Bangkok on Wednesday, with South China Sea tensions, the Rohingya refugee crisis and Korean Peninsula issues on the agenda.
Asean defence ministers begin meeting in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2019
» Defence ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Thursday began their annual meeting, this time in Bangkok, with security threats, the disputed South China Sea and North Korea high on the agenda.
Cambodia, Vietnam rap Lee's remarks on 1979 invasion
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has joined Vietnam in rapping Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent remarks on the 1979 Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal Khmer Rouge, alleging that Singapore bears some responsibility for the massacre of Cambodians in the late 1970s.
Cambodia to lease Turkish powership
Kyodo News, Published on 29/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday that Turkey has agreed to lease a powership to help his country address its chronic electricity shortages.
Tourists drawn to Communist relics in Phitsanulok forest
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» PHITSANULOK: When the outlawed Communist Party of Thailand launched an insurgent campaign in 1965, its headquarters were here in the mountains of this northern province.
Japan to revise Asean free-trade pact
Kyodo News, Published on 27/02/2019
» TOKYO: The Japanese government endorsed at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a plan for a revised free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that includes the liberalisation of the service sector and investment field.
Asean ministers seek 'comprehensive' Rohingya plan
Kyodo News, Published on 09/01/2019
» Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian Nations will call for a "comprehensive and durable" solution to the when they meet informally for their annual retreat in Chiang Mai later this month, according to a draft of a statement to be issued then.
China proposes regular war games with Asean
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2018
» MANILA: China has proposed to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that the two sides hold regular joint military exercises in the South China Sea, according to an Asean diplomatic source.
Asean-China joint maritime exercise set for 2018
Kyodo News, Published on 07/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China will hold their first maritime exercise at the end of this year, Singapore's Defence Ministry announced Tuesday.