Laos, Vietnam stress int’t law, ASEAN centrality in handling regional issues: Foreign ministers
HANOI, Dec 29, 2021, VNS. Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Lao…
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Blinken says US weighing new sanctions on Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2021, AP. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden…
Blinken heads to Southeast Asia to deepen cooperation on China pushback
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 12, 2021, Reuters. The Biden administration will seek to bolster economic and…
Cambodian PM says plans to visit Myanmar for talks with military rulers
PHNOM PENH, Dec 6, 2021, Reuters. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday he…
US, EU concerned at China’s ‘problematic’ actions in disputed sea
GENEVA, Dec 3, 2021, Al Jazeera. The United States and the European Union have expressed…
Asia-Pacific stocks slip as investors watch omicron Covid variant
SINGAPORE, Nov 29, 2021, CNBC. Shares in Asia-Pacific largely fell in Monday trade as investors…
[Analytics] As China threat rises, can Aukus alliance recover from rancorous birth?
It was initially seen as an audacious enlistment by Joe Biden of Australia into the…
Xi tells Southeast Asian leaders China does not seek ‘hegemony’
BEIJING, Nov 22, 2021, Reuters. Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association…
[Analytics] ASEAN supply chain links with China and the perils of decoupling
China’s global value chain (GVC) links with ASEAN are both less dominant and more beneficial…
[Analytics] How coal-hungry Asia can stoke its transition to green energy
Whether the world even comes close to a net zero future will depend largely on…
Japan PM vows to boost Japan-ASEAN ties amid China’s assertiveness
TOKYO, Oct 27, 2021, Kyodo. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to strengthen…
ASEAN urged to take ‘decisive step’ by recognising Myanmar’s NUG
YANGON, Oct 27, 2021, Al Jazeera. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been…