The Indonesian Government will introduce a special agency whose main task is to deal with foreign and domestic investment in the new capital city in East Kalimantan province.
The Royal Thai Army has deployed an MI-17 helicopter to transport tractors, trucks, and heavy machinery up to Phu Kradueng to support firefighting operations.
King of Malaysia Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah said on February 28 that he will let leaders of political parties to nominate prime ministerial candidates after no candidate could find majority support from the lower house to form a government.
The administration of Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha received praise in 2016 from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Thailand, concerning the government’s efforts to end statelessness, after the Cabinet approved guidelines and measures to help some 80,000 stateless persons in Thailand, allowing them the chance to apply for Thai citizenship should they meet all the requirements.
A scientific seminar on opportunities and challenges in cooperation for security and development in the East Sea took place in Paris, France on February 27.
Malaysia’s interim Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on February 27 announced an economic stimulus package worth 20 billion RM (4.7 billion USD) to mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The 12th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and ASEAN+3 ambassadors to ASEAN took place at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 27.
The ASEAN Secretariat launched the ASEAN Cultural Heritage Digital Archive (ACHDA) website at a ceremony at the Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta on February 27.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his US counterpart Donald Trump are scheduled to meet sometime in the near future to discuss investment in Indonesia’s new capital city in East Kalimantan.
The ASEAN High-Level Symposium on Disaster Management was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 26-27 with the presence of delegates from ASEAN member countries as well as the bloc’s partner countries, regional and international organisations.
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has forecast that Indonesia’s 2020 state budget deficit will potentially widen in the face of current global uncertainties.