Asean Focus

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, signs a guest book at the president palace in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Thursday. Photo - EPA-EFE
Myanmar and Vietnam boost ties, forge comprehensive cooperative partnership
Asean Focus 28 Aug 2017
Myanmar and Vietnam agreed to form a comprehensive cooperative partnership to strengthen bilateral relations...
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Myanmar’s emerging role in ASEAN
Asean Focus 08 Aug 2017
IT has been 20 years since Myanmar became a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Before...
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ASEAN and Myanmar – past, present and future
Asean Focus 08 Aug 2017
ASEAN marks its 50th anniversary today. Fifty years ago, five Southeast Asian nations decided to overcome their...
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ASEAN foreign ministers link hands in Manila. Photo - ASEAN Secretariat
Myanmar-ASEAN ties at 20: still a work in progress
Asean Focus 08 Aug 2017
Myanmar, or Burma as it was then known, was in his mind when Thanat Khoman, Thailand’s foreign minister, thought...
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Myanmar’s peace process contributes to ASEAN stability
Asean Focus 08 Aug 2017
For the past six years, successive governments in Myanmar have struggled to build trust with more than twenty...
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ASEAN launches youth development index
Asean Focus 31 Jul 2017
Employment and opportunities to lead a life of dignity are two major concerns of the ASEAN, according to a latest...
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ASEAN to take bigger role in Korean Peninsula efforts
Asean Focus 28 Jul 2017
ASEAN has a positive role to play in easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and helping to encourage North Korea...
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An undated photo of prominent Cambodian critic Kem Ley. Photo - Radio Free Asia
On first anniversary, NGOs call for inquiry on Kem Ley assassination
Asean Focus 10 Jul 2017
More than 160 nongovernmental organisations from around the world have called on Cambodia to establish an...
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From left: Hosoya Yuichi, Nakanishi Hiroshi and Kano Yoichi speak at the ASEAN-Japan Dialogue in Tokyo last week. Photo - Supplied
Experts say ASEAN centrality is key to Japan’s regional policy
Asean Focus 03 Jul 2017
Japan strongly supports ASEAN centrality as part of its core approach to Asian regional cooperation.
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The second Asean-Myanmar forum held in Yangon, June 28. Zarni Phyo / The Myanmar Times
For Myanmar, peace and economic growth ‘must go hand-in-hand’
Asean Focus 29 Jun 2017
Myanmar should pursue peace and economic development simultaneously as the best way forward.
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A photo taken duing the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Yangon in December 2016. Photo - EPA
Foreign, local experts to discuss Myanmar’s economic future
Asean Focus 28 Jun 2017
Leading experts from Myanmar and the region will discuss Myanmar’s economic future, focusing on its investment...
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During the interview, Mochtan touched on various subjects, from Rakhine State and migrant worker protections to the admission of Timor Leste into the regional bloc. Thiri Lu/ The Myanmar Times
Myanmar played key role in AEC formation, says ASEAN’s Mochtan
Asean Focus 26 Jun 2017
Asean Deputy Secretary General of Community and Corporate Affairs AKP Mochtan has described Myanmar as a “very...
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Myanmar and Vietnam boost ties, forge...
The Myanmar Times 28 Aug 2017
Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, signs a guest book at the president palace in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on Thursday. Photo - EPA-EFE
Myanmar’s emerging role in ASEAN
Nyan Lynn Aung 08 Aug 2017
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ASEAN and Myanmar – past, present and future
Moe Thuzar 08 Aug 2017
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Myanmar-ASEAN ties at 20: still a work in...
Kavi Chongkittavorn 08 Aug 2017
ASEAN foreign ministers link hands in Manila. Photo - ASEAN Secretariat
Myanmar’s peace process contributes to ASEAN...
Michael Vitikiotis 08 Aug 2017
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