AUGUST 2019 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

The Philippines pushes that the ASEAN Member-States trust the US. Those countries also discuss matters related to those in the past months, such as territory and waste management.

The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Wednesday (July 31) welcomed the efforts and progress made by the bloc members and China in negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea.

America’s top diplomat Mike Pompeo on Friday implored Southeast Asian nations to trust in US values, delivering a withering takedown of China’s leadership of a region it considers its backyard.

ASEAN foreign ministers on Friday jointly declared their governments’ rejection of illegal transboundary movement of hazardous waste, much of which is shipped to Southeast Asia from developed countries.

After 52 years since its establishment, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has now become a “stable regional grouping”, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on Monday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) worked together to discuss regional issues regarding data protection, privacy regulations and other initiatives at the first ASEAN Data Protection and Privacy Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, held across the week beginning Tuesday, August 20.

The improvement of skills mobility in ASEAN is needed to address the potential shortage or mismatch of skilled workers that may arise due to the onset of the fourth industrial revolution, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

The majority of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) backed Myanmar’s efforts in terms of humanitarian relief and repatriation of Rohingya in western Myanmar, during the 40th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Bangkok this week.