ASEAN member states and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have reached a consensus on the transposition of ASEAN-RoK Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA) Product Specific Rules from the Harmonised System Codes HS 2017 to HS 2022.

The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) on March 26 busted an international drug trafficking syndicate and seized 380 kilogrammes of methamphetamine worth 12.54 million MYR (2.7 million USD) at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang state.

A landslide struck a village in the Indonesian province of West Java on March 24, killing a woman while nine others including children went missing, the local authority announced on March 25.

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is advancing smart farming initiatives by collaborating with university experts to launch a pilot project for smart agriculture development.

The 10-day Songkran festival in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province is expected to attract millions of tourists and generate 20 billion THB (550 million USD) in revenue.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) reaffirmed commitment to further advance their partnership at the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN-RoK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held at the ASEAN headquarters on March 21.

Thai marine biologists are making efforts to save the country’s reefs from degradation driven by warming oceans and human activity like tourism.

Thailand is intensifying efforts to tackle the notable rise in criminal activities by foreigners, which has negatively impacted the Southeast Asian nation's tourism reputation.

Some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have become important trade partners of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), and Vietnam is a typical example, an Argentinian expert has said.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thailand’s ruling Pheu Thai Party President Paetongtarn Shinawatra spoke highly of the bilateral relationship and cooperation, which has been elevated to a strategic partnership, bringing mutual benefits to the two peoples, during a meeting in Cambodia on March 18.

Bangkok’s authorities have cooperated with Weathernews Inc., Japan to implement the AI Nowcast system, aiming to provide accurate forecasts of rainfall in the Bangkok region three hours ahead of time.

Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will integrate QR code payments from 2025, aiming to facilitate spending between these countries without the need to exchange currency, which is time-consuming, especially for tourists, according to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) on March 12 announced the end of a 19-day-long operation to salvage the sunken HTMS Sukhothai, setting the stage for the creation of a memorial monument.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has revealed that the country has lured potential investments worth 45.4 billion RM (9.94 billion USD) from Germany during his official visit to Germany from March 10-15.