There is a lot of discussion in the media and public space about ASEAN, but there are also many misconceptions about the regional organisation, says Rodolfo Severino, Head of the ASEAN Studies Centre. ...

SINGAPORE, Aug 10 (Straits Times) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) turned 45 on Wednesday. Asean has come a long way, first as a grouping emerging from the Cold War, and now supposedly the world's most successful regional organization after the European Union. ...

BANGKOK, Aug 10 (Bangkok Post) - For the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, turning 45 is hard to do. Its perennial and cliched crossroads may soon become a precipice unless remedial collective action among the group is taken to repair recent setbacks ahead of its summit in November. ...

PHILIPPINES, Aug 11 (The Philippine Star) - The 45th year of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be remembered for the first-ever failure of the regional grouping to come up with a communiqué at the end of its ministerial meeting in the host country Cambodia. No regional grouping is free of disagreements, and there have been violent incidents between certain ASEAN member states. But for the most ...

BANGKOK, Apr 12 (IPS) - Long Southeast Asia's black sheep, Myanmar is enjoying an image change following its landmark Apr. 1 by-elections. Tongues are now wagging about the region's new beacon of hope for democratic change. ...

BURMA, Apr 3 (Irrawaddy Magazine) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) agreed on Monday to back Burma’s call for the European Union to lift sanctions on the country, a day after a by-election in which Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party won a landslide victory. ...

PHNOM PENH, Apr 4 (ANTARA News) - The 20th ASEAN Summit held in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh has officially ended, following a closing session led by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday. ...

SINGAPORE, Mar 20 (IPS) - A routine announcement by the government of this city-state entitling foreign, female domestic workers to a day off each week has sent their affluent employers into a tizzy. link: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107134 ...

VIENTIANE, Feb 1 (IPS) - A landmark concert featuring artistes from eight of the ten South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) took place here on Jan. 21, in an effort to build a regional community through the common language of music. ...

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