JAKARTA, 29 January 2021 – ASEAN and Chile reaffirmed their strong commitment to implement practical areas of cooperation to enhance their partnership at the Second ASEAN-Chile Development Partnership Committee (AC-DPC) Meeting, held today via videoconference. The Practical Cooperation Areas for ASEAN-Chile Development Partnership 2021-2025 was adopted during this meeting. The document will serve as the [...]
The impact of several natural disasters in Indonesia tops the January 2021 edition of "ASEAN Today." Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel co-anchors the program from Jakarta with Alan Bligh in Kuala Lumpur. They also report on the boost of the electric car industry in Thailand and Malaysia's senior solution to the COVID-19 budget crunch. [...]
GENEVA/PHNOM PENH, 27 January 2021 - Today, the ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) and the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) signed and launched the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Facilitating Cooperation and Planning of Joint Activities to Provide Assistance to the National Mine Action Authorities/Centres in ASEAN. In his remarks, GICHD Director Stefano Toscano highlighted that “the MoU [...]
JAKARTA, 26 January 2021 – ASEAN and Russia reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen their strategic partnership at the 17th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials’ Meeting (ARSOM) held virtually, today. The senior officials exchanged views on the developments in ASEAN and Russia, including responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic recovery. Both sides highlighted potential cooperation on research and development [...]
SEOUL, 25 JANUARY 2021 – The ASEAN-Korea Youth Academic Webinar, held by the ASEAN-Korea Centre, is set to take place on 27 January at 2PM (KST). The awarding ceremony of the 2020 ASEAN-Korea Academic Essay Contest winners and presentation of the winning essays will be held during the event. The webinar will be live-streamed on the Centre’s [...]
JAKARTA, 24 January 2021 – The 11th Meeting of the Committee of the Whole (CoW) for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) took place on 23 January via video conference. Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for AEC Aladdin D. Rillo chaired the meeting which focused on ASEAN’s economic priorities for the year as well as cross-sectoral and cross-pillar initiatives relating to [...]
