ASEAN chairmanship
Duterte on first presidential visit to Thailand
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will pay an official state visit to Thailand from March 20 to 22, the Thai government announced on March 15.
It...
Myanmar to spend $34m on ASEAN chairmanship
Myanmar's presidential office has allocated a budget of 33.4 billion kyat ($34 million) to host ASEAN summits in 2014 after the took over the...
Myanmar handed over ASEAN chairmanship
Myanmar was formally handed over the chairmanship of ASEAN at the 23rd ASEAN Summit in Brunei on October 10. The country will take on...
Myanmar ‘ready to take ASEAN leadership role’
Myanmar is ready to take on the leadership role in ASEAN when it will chair the bloc in 2014, a crucial year to prepare...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...