# asean

ASEAN Economy to Grow 4.6 Pct This Year

ASEAN deputy secretary-general Satvinder Singh said the bloc's economy would grow 4.9 percent in 2024.
Business Aug 4, 2023 | 7:06 pm

Indonesia Needs to Promote RCEP to Avoid Being Just a Market

According to Enggartiasto, not many Indonesian businesses are aware of the major tariff elimination that the RCEP brings.
Business Aug 4, 2023 | 1:34 pm

Japan Has Over 15,000 Businesses Operating in ASEAN

Japan was ASEAN’s second-largest foreign investor in 2022 with investments amounting to $26.7 billion.
Business Aug 2, 2023 | 9:51 pm

ASEAN Predicted to Be Net Importer of Natural Gas by 2025

ASEAN is forecast to be importing more natural gas than it exports as soon as 2025, according to energy think-tank ACE.
Business Jul 28, 2023 | 10:50 am

ASEAN Has Great Potential to Become Solar PV Manufacturing Hub: Expert

ASEAN chair Indonesia should push for talks on solar PV supply chain in the bloc’s upcoming ministerial meetings.
Business Jul 25, 2023 | 4:21 pm

Australia to Invest A$1.4 Million in ASEAN’s Pest Control

The Bio-Protection Research Alliance is an ASEAN-Australian partnership that seeks to strengthen ASEAN’s capacity to control pests.
News Jul 18, 2023 | 10:44 pm

China Has Strong Desire to Not Use Nukes in ASEAN: Secretary-General

ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn, however, did not give a specific time frame when China would sign the SEANWFZ anti-nuke pact.
News Jul 18, 2023 | 5:31 pm

US, ASEAN Work Towards An Open Indo-Pacific: Antony Blinken

Antony Blinken recently said that the US relations with ASEAN was at the heart of its engagements in the Indo-Pacific.
News Jul 15, 2023 | 11:54 am

US Sticks to ASEAN-Proposed 5-Point Consensus on Myanmar Issue: Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said his country would support any effort that could advance the five-point consensus progress.
News Jul 15, 2023 | 2:23 am

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Violates ASEAN Amity Treaty: Blinken

According to Antony Blinken, Russia's war in Ukraine violates the principles of ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC).
News Jul 14, 2023 | 4:03 pm

Jokowi Cites Javanese Saying to Warn ASEAN Against Zero-Sum Game Approach

Jokowi ended his speech in an ASEAN ministerial-level meeting with a Javanese proverb that calls everyone to win without belittling others.
News Jul 14, 2023 | 11:13 am

China Committed to Signing ASEAN’s Anti-Nuke Treaty, Malaysia Says

If Beijing keeps its word, this would make China the first nuclear weapon state to accede to the SEANWFZ anti-nuke treaty.
News Jul 13, 2023 | 11:20 pm

ASEAN, China Agree on South China Sea’s Code of Conduct Guidelines

This guidelines are set to bring ASEAN and China a step closer to the long-awaited code of conduct on the South China Sea.
News Jul 13, 2023 | 5:10 pm

Australia to Give ASEAN A$775M Development Aid This Year

The A$775 million development assistance is part of Australia's strategy to deepen its engagement with ASEAN.
News Jul 13, 2023 | 2:08 pm

Wang Yi, Lavrov Sit Together for Trilateral Talks with Indonesia

Wang Yi attended the dialogue on behalf of Qin Gang, who could not make it to the Jakarta talks due to health reasons.
News Jul 12, 2023 | 7:28 pm

Saudi Arabia Becomes 51st Country to Ink ASEAN's Amity Treaty

Dozens of nations such as the rivaling US and China have signed ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia.
News Jul 12, 2023 | 2:24 pm

Thailand Says Past Meeting on Myanmar Remains within ASEAN Framework

The recent informal dialogue on Myanmar was in line with an earlier ASEAN document that called for other approaches, Thailand says.
News Jul 11, 2023 | 9:37 pm

ASEAN Will Never Become Proxy to Major Powers: Indonesia

Indonesia also told its fellow ASEAN countries that all parties must abide by the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).
News Jul 11, 2023 | 4:03 pm

ASEAN Urges 5 States to Sign Commitments to Never Using Nukes in Region

Decades have passed, but none of the nuclear weapon states have signed the protocol to SEANWFZ treaty, according to ASEAN chair Indonesia.
News Jul 11, 2023 | 12:04 pm