Jakarta, 20 May 2011 Young artists, including university and graduate students of ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea are welcomed to participate in the 2011 ASEAN-Korea Multimedia Competition. Organised by the ASEAN-Korea Centre, the annual competition aims to provide a channel of exchanges to enhance mutual understanding between the young generation of ASEAN [...]
ASEAN Leaders yesterday welcomed its bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2030. They discussed the initiative at the 18th ASEAN Summit, which concluded here yesterday. "We welcomed the initiative of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers, working together with the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), on ASEAN's bid to host FIFA World Cup in 2030, including [...]
Jakarta, 8 May 2011 As ASEAN approaches the first target of an ASEAN Community by 2015, the partnership between governments and the Civil Society Organisations (CSO) will grow in importance. In his speech to the delegates at the 18th ASEAN Summit here yesterday, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, pointed out that the partnership was designed [...]
Jakarta, 8 May 2011 Civil society organsations were not forgotten, when Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono informed a meeting that ASEAN needs the participation of the people - especially from the grass roots - and the ASEAN Interparliamentary Assembly (AIPA) provides a mean to do this. The President of AIPA, Samdech Heng Samrin, responded that [...]
Jakarta, 8 May 2011 They may have met only for the first time, but that has not stopped them from interacting and exchanging ideas here at the 18th ASEAN Summit. Having enjoyed peace and friendship for at lease a decade, they are also fortunate to be in the middle of booming region, where the economic [...]
Jakarta, 7 May 2011 The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Council held its fifth meeting yesterday, with Ministers noting progress in the implementation of the AEC Blueprint measures and initiatives. Chaired by Indonesia's Minister for International Economic and Financial Cooperation Hatta Rajasa, the meeting was held in conjunction with the 18th ASEAN Summit here. The Ministers [...]
