The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
The primary element of the institutional structure is the AKFTA Implementing Committee, which reports regularly to the ASEAN and Korea Economic Ministerial Meeting (known collectively as AEM-ROK Consultations) through the meetings of their Senior Economic Officials (
Priority of Cooperation
In 2005, ASEAN and Korea signed the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (Framework Agreement), which laid the foundation for the establishment of the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Area (AKFTA). ASEAN and Korea subsequently signed four agreements on Dispute Sett
Overview
ASEAN and Korea established sectoral dialogue relations in 1989 and Korea was accorded full Dialogue Partner status by ASEAN in 1991. This relationship was elevated to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) at the 25th ASEAN-ROK Summit to Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Dialogue Re
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Overview
Publications and Related Links to The Sector ASEAN Plus Three Website Key Documents 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers Plus Three Consultations, Semarang, Indonesia, 22 August 2023 Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees AEM-Plus Three Consultations comprising Economic Ministers from ASEAN and Plus Three countries. The consultations are held annually to consider the progress of the overall economic relations and provide guidance and directions for the economic relations. Priority Areas of Cooperation Overview
Publications and Related Links to The Sector
Key Documents
Major Sectoral Bodies/Committees
SEOM-Plus
Priority Areas of Cooperation
Cooperation objectives and activities between ASEAN and the Plus Three countries are guided by the ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation Work Plan 2018-2022, which was adopted at the 18th APT Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 7 August 2017 and cover a wide range of economic cooper
Overview
The ASEAN-Plus Three (APT) consists of 10 ASEAN Member States, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ROK). Started in 1997 by way of the convening of an Informal Summit among the Leaders of ASEAN, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, the APT platform was institutionalised in 1999 whe
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