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Indonesian foreign ministry foto of Asean foreign ministers, Lombok, Indonesia 16 Jan 2011 Asean foreign ministers gathered for an informal retreat on Lombok, Indonesia Asean foreign ministers have said that sanctions against military-ruled Burma should be dropped.

VNEconomyNews.com – Economic ties between China and the ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) boomed as a result of the free trade zone agreement put into effect in January 2010. That, experts say, will not only boost the regional economic integration in Asia but also benefit the world economy as a whole.

JAKARTA (Xinhua) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has made great contribution not only to the regional order, but also international cooperation, an Indonesian envoy said on Thursday.

JAKARTA, Jan 6 (Bernama) — Indonesia Thursday said it was promoting a people-centred Asean during its chairmanship of the regional association this year.

Asean members this year will attempt to build on free trade gains, but investment liberalisation will be a challenge Another challenging year has begun for Asean nations looking to affirm their cooperation and integrity in a concerted effort to speed up talks on further free trade pacts covering investment and services after the six original…

Another commerce ministry official said, also on condition of anonymity, that a long pending proposal for a Ceca with Indonesia may be reopened during the visit of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in January.

Real value of wages in the Philippines and Malaysia posted the biggest drop at four percent for the region in 2008 as the worldwide financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009, a new report by the International Labor Office (ILO) said.

SHANGHAI (AP) – The prolonged weakness in the US and Europe may be the least of Asia’s troubles in 2011, economists say, as the region fights potentially destabilizing inflationary pressures.

Critics say the revamped National Human Rights Commission has been too passive in exercising its mandate to sound a warning on social injustice The overly cautious approach of the new National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has left the impression with some rights groups that it has been transformed from an independent body into a government…

MANILA—The Philippines and its Asean partners have agreed to work together in the implementation of industrial relations practices as embodied in the Asean Industrial Relation Guidelines adopted during the 21st Asean Labor Ministers Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam last May 2010.

The Philippines and its ASEAN partners have agreed to work together in the implementation of industrial relations practices as embodied in the ASEAN Industrial Relation Guidelines adopted during the 21st ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam last May 2010.

BANGKOK — Intra-regional trade among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states should increase from 25 percent at present to 40 percent of its total trading value in order to ensure sustainable growth, ASEAN secretary-general Surin Pitsuwan said Tuesday.

IT IS said that Asean [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] is composed of 10 precious and exquisite pearls that sparkle and stand on a class of their own. However, these pearls remain loose, and everyone agrees that the Asean region will be a more immense source of light and strength for the rest of the…

The six major Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries have rebounded from the global economic crisis with average expected growth of 7.3 percent this year, and 6 percent over the next five years, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Tuesday. Vietnam is expected to post the highest average growth rate…

HANOI – China’s rise has altered the dynamics within the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and across Asia, as was on display at recently concluded summits in Hanoi.

In the year since the establishment of the Asean Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR), the overall human rights situation in the region has actually deteriorated. Worse still, nobody talks about it anymore because the conventional wisdom is that Asean now has a human rights body. According to normal procedure, it should be AICHR members…

HANOI, Oct 31, 2010 (AFP) – ASEAN’s attitude to Myanmar, and the harsh treatment of activists by the bloc’s chair Vietnam on the eve of its summit, highlight the group’s failure to confront human rights abuses, watchdogs say.

Bangkok. A year after its creation, a Southeast Asian human rights body has earned an unflattering label — that of being a window-dressing exercise to improve the image of a region that is home to governments notorious for suppressing political opponents.

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Members of  human rights organizations in Southeast Asia  have given the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) a failing mark for its performance in its first year.

Oct. 19–The International Institute for Trade and Development has urged Thailand to prepare for its role as a major logistics hub as Asean economic integration is planned for 2015.

The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) finally gets a think tank to help it carry out its duty, with the establishment of the Human Rights Resource Center for ASEAN (HRRCA).

ASEAN’s manufacturing exports have grown in recent years, due to increased productivity, proximity to large Asian markets, and recently implemented free trade agreements, according to a US International Trade Commission report issued in August. But challenges remain for future growth, including a shortage of skilled labor, an inefficient system of standards and assessment, and inadequate…

HA NOI — The 6th ASEAN People’s Forum (APF-6) wrapped up yesterday with a joint statement pledging to support the ASEAN Charter and the building of an ASEAN community.

MANILA, Philippines—The Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights is preparing the drafting of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) for its next meeting in November in Thailand, it was learned.

The 17th ASEAN Summit, to be held in Hanoi in late October, will be a landmark event looking towards an ASEAN Community by 2015, a Vietnamese official has said.

JAKARTA, Oct 14 (Bernama) — Have you ever wondered how convenient it will be to travel to your neighbouring countries without passports and while there, spend using the same currency that you use back home?

“The world wants ASEAN to succeed,” says Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General of ASEAN “The world wants ASEAN to succeed.” This buoyant statement put forth by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association for South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), presented a much cheerier prognosis of the regional bloc’s ability to survive and thrive than most…

ASEAN LABOUR CONTROLS TO EASE IN 2015 Thailand’s labour development policy is failing to equip workers with the skills they need for a free labour market in Southeast Asia over the next five years, academics say.

singapore_compactBy now is it well-known that the South-East Asian countries have joined hands to launch the ASEAN CSR Network during the International Singapore Compact CSR Summit held in Sentosa recently. During the launch, Singapore Compact for CSR president Olivia Lum said that ASEAN has recognised the importance of CSR “not just to achieve the socio…

The Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s (Asean) single market idea is taking shape and will continue to consolidate to facilitate free movement of goods and services, and people within the region, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.