Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen questioned yesterday the extent of the ASEAN Economic Community’s (AEC) commitment towards forming an inclusive economic region as countries continue to compete with each other for agricultural exports and inflows of foreign direct investment on the 25th World Economic Forum in Kuala Lumpur.
Keen on investments from Japan to boost economic growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday met key ministers in the Japanese administration and wooed pension funds to partner in India's infrastructure development.
Singapore's Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit South Korea from Tuesday to Friday, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in a statement on Tuesday.
The New Zealand government has opened a trade office in the Colombian capital of Bogota as it seeks to drum up business with the Latin American country.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a working visit to Russia from Tuesday to Friday, announced the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday.
Singapore's Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat suffered a stroke during a Cabinet meeting, said the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Thursday.
Bangladesh jail authorities have asked family members to meet death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, raising speculation that the Islamist party chief might be executed Tuesday night.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree on the registration of 18 forests covering a total of 2.67 million hectares as new protested areas, according to an Environment Ministry statement on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it was committed to make the prisons system more humane and effective by adhering to the UN international standards.
Japanese Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki on Saturday paid homage to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's offering and Internal Affairs Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit earlier, despite neighboring China's urge to stop such provocative move.
Trade and Pacific issues and terrorism will be top of the agenda when French Prime Minister Manual Valls visits New Zealand next month, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said Friday.
Japan and Canada will work closely together to combat terrorism as agreed Tuesday during so-called 2- plus-2 security talks held in Tokyo between vice foreign and defense ministers of both countries.
Vietnamese parliament on Monday elected Vice Chairperson and members of the Council on National Defense and Security.
Iceland's President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson approved Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as Prime Minister on Thursday after the government's previous leader was forced to resign, the Prime Minister's office said in a statement published on its website.
Myanmar Minister of Foreign Affairs cum Minister of the President's Office Aung San Suu Kyi has become the country's State Counselor in accordance with the state counselor bill, passed by both Houses and signed by President U Htin Kyaw Wednesday, according to U Zaw Htay, spokesman of the President's Office.
Bangladesh on Tuesday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a consortium of two Chinese firms for the installation of some 1.56 billion U.S. dollars coal-fired power plant in the country.
Leaders from six countries along the Lancang-Mekong River convened in China's Sanya on Wednesday to discuss future cooperation.
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