The Latest Breaking News from ASEAN

At the weekly cabinet meeting last week, item No.15 was one of the most important issues up for discussion. This concerned a planned statement on the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) proposed by US President Joe Biden. The cabinet was quick to agree that Thailand was named as a…

Kiwi officials are facing criticism for working alongside counterparts from militaries accused of war crimes.

On 18 May 2022, Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI), Mr. Panuwat Triyangkulsri, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Mr. Manu Leopairote, Chairman of Informa Markets Thailand, jointly chaired the opening of SUBCON Thailand 2022, the biggest machinery technology and industrial…

Governments in Southeast Asia are floating very ambitious plans to capture a share of the electric vehicle market. And rightfully so.

Thailand has proposed a regional Covid-19 vaccine certificate as a means to facilitate travel between Asean countries.

From now on, Asean-US relations will no longer be on "auto-pilot" mode as has been the case for the past six years. The total scheduled 10-and-a-half hours of quality time last week that Asean leaders spent in Washington DC chatting, lunching and dining with all key players in American politics…

MAI-listed Beryl 8 Plus (BE8), a digital tech consultancy, has reached a deal to acquire Extend IT Resource (X10), a local IT service provider, for 620 million baht to strengthen its plan to become a leading player in Asean.

The declaration after the summit of the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the United States that they will commit to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" poses a new challenge to the regional bloc.

President Joe Biden announces he's nominating one of his top national security aides as ambassador to ASEAN, aiming to underscore his administration's commitment to the Pacific region.