The ASEAN Economic Community, planned to come into effect in 2015, is expected to liberalise goods, capital and skilled labour flows in the ASEAN region. While there has been considerable progress in ...

For the ASEAN member states, the benchmark of successful regionalism has been ASEAN’s effectiveness in bringing the region closer. The lack of interstate conflict has been credited to ASEAN’s success ...

The agreement on the creation of an ASEAN Economic Community signed on November 22 in Kuala Lumpur by the leading nations of Southeast Asia finally entered into force with much fanfare on December 31, ...

Indonesia reiterated its commitment to actively strengthen air connectivity between ASEAN countries and China to expand ...

The theme for Indonesia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2023, “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth,” aims to validate Southeast Asia’s status as an epicenter of ...

As air service development professionals were debating the impact of ASEAN open skies during Routes Asia and the general potential hailing from the rising middle class in Indonesia, Philippines, and ...

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will come into effect Thursday and holds immense potential for the region. However, the full-scale of implementation is far from complete. The initiative rests on ...

Southeast Asia foreign ministers, along with Myanmar's representative and secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Foreign ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Southeast Asian nations must accelerate regional economic integration, diversify their markets and stay united to tackle the fallout from global trade disruptions resulting ...

Significant changes are not expected with the formal launch of the Asean Community (AC) Thursday as 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations still need more time to work out and adjust ...

SOUTH-EAST ASIA (Xinhua): Greater economic integration among the members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) is accelerating efforts to build an independent and resilient regional ...

Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Asean’s response to recent developments must be to press ahead with internal reforms and strengthen ties with external partners. - PHOTO: MFA KUALA LUMPUR ...