The RoK has granted 6 million USD through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) to finance a project that will strengthen geospatial data in the Lao province of Savannakhet.
About 50 leaders of civil society organisations (CSOs) from 10 ASEAN countries have attended the third ASEAN Forum to discuss ways to build the ASEAN Community.
The China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) is scheduled to return to Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwestern China, on its 15th edition from September 12-15.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is promising to strengthen Australia’s cooperation with member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to halt the spread of terrorism across the region, as he prepares for talks with ASEAN leaders on measures to share intelligence and stop foreign fighters.
Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) has suggested the UN send observers or set up an office at the NEC’s headquarters to observe the country’s 6th National Assembly elections in late July.
Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and his New Zealand counterpart Hon Ron Mark co-chaired the 2nd Singapore - New Zealand Defence Ministers’ Meeting held in Auckland port city of New Zealand.
Singapore on March 13 announced that army chief Major General Melvyn Ong will take over as Chief of Defence Force and replace Lieutenant-General Perry Lim, who will be transferred to a new position.
The 15th ASEAN Chiefs of Defence Forces Informal Meeting (ACDFIM-15), themed “Strengthening Collaboration, Building Resilience”, took place in Singapore on March 8.
The ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting in Singapore on March 7-8 reviewed agenda and events of the 32nd ASEAN Summit scheduled for April 25-28 in the island state.
Officials from Thailand's NACC and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Myanmar had a meeting on March 7 to strengthen cooperation in preventing and suppressing corruption.
Thailand will use new banknotes featuring a portrait of newly-succeeding King Maha Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X, on the front of the bills from April.
Representatives of the Thai Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) and its counterparts from ASEAN+3 countries are attending the fifth ASEAN Drug Monitoring Network Operational Workshop.
Thirteen cities and provinces in Thailand have issued a rabies alert after the disease was spotted in many places and claimed at least the lives of three people within the past two months.
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