East Asia Summit
Laos prepares for rare Obama visit
Barack Obama will be the first acting US president to visit the communist nation of Laos when he will partake in the 11th East...
Laos kicks off ASEAN chair – security, integration on top of agenda
Laos this week kicked off its chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, with an agenda-setting meeting of the bloc’s foreign...
Obama’s ASEAN trip confirmed for October
The White House on September 14 confirmed that US President Barack Obama will travel to ASEAN from October 6 to 12 and visit four...
Obama to push TPP with Singapore PM
US President Barack Obama will welcome Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to the White House on April 2, as he seeks to bolster...
Brunei: Chance to take lead in renewable energy efforts
Brunei, with its oil-centered economy, is currently looking for ways to diversify away from hydrocarbon revenues and does so through promoting other industries. Renewable energy could be a sector with high potential.
Obama meets ASEAN leaders in Cambodia
Newly re-minted President Barack Obama made history twice today by setting out on two landmark visits, first to Myanmar and then to Cambodia where...
ASEAN seeks to tighten economic gaps
A series of reports released at the 21st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh on November 19 have turned attention to the need to accelerate...
US-Chinese rivalry at East Asia Summit
The 7th East Asia Summit, together with the 21st ASEAN summit, currently being held in Cambodia from November 16 to 20, is the stage...
Obama pushes Trans-Pacific Partnership
US president Barack Obama, who is embarking on a Southeast Asia round trip in the coming week, will be pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),...
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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...