Indonesia stated Monday it might be “impossible” to resolve the disaster in Myanmar throughout Jakarta’s time period as ASEAN chair and that it wouldn’t resort to “megaphone diplomacy” to power the Burmese junta to implement a regional roadmap to peace. The Indonesian authorities would urge Myanmar’s army rulers to take …
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Opinion by Jan Servaes (brussels) Monday, January 30, 2023 Inter Press Service BRUSSELS, Jan 30 (IPS) – Parliamentarians worldwide face rising human rights violations and a better threat of reprisal merely for exercising their mandate or expressing their concepts and opinions. Asia follows the identical pattern based on the Inter-Parliamentary Union …
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Welcome to Your Week in Asia. Enterprise is again following the Lunar New 12 months vacation in massive components of Asia. This week, the area’s best-known corporations — together with Samsung Electronics and Sony Group — are scheduled to announce earnings for the October-December quarter as companies grapple with inflation …
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Flags fly outdoors the Congress Middle in Davos, Switzerland, throughout the World Financial Discussion board, January 15, 2020. Credit score: Depositphotos Commercial Indonesia Evening is a scorching ticket at Davos. At this yr’s bash, a crowd of 700 sampled regional delicacies like Medan fish from Sumatra and Taliwang hen from Lombok. …
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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen hands over ASEAN’s ceremonial gavel to Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Closing Ceremony of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 13, 2022. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu Wijaya Advertisement As always, the new year has heralded a …
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As the 2023 chair of ASEAN, Indonesia must push Myanmar to end violence and restore democracy nearly two years after the Burmese generals overthrew an elected government, Human Rights Watch said Thursday in launching its worldwide annual report. The New York-based watchdog group urged Indonesia and eight other members of …
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ASEAN chair Indonesia will set up a special envoy’s office to deal with the post-coup crisis in Myanmar but not allow that country to hold the regional bloc hostage, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said Wednesday. As holder of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ chairmanship for 2023, Indonesia will work …
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Southeast Asian nations are emerging as “middle powers” capable of ensuring stability in the South China Sea amid a rivalry between China and the United States, the Philippines’ top diplomat said Wednesday. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has a large role in ensuring peace in the region, Foreign Affairs Secretary …
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The current signature of an air-connectivity settlement between the EU and the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) offers some excellent news in difficult geopolitical instances. The EU-ASEAN Complete Air Transport Settlement (CATA), signed in October throughout an ASEAN transport ministers assembly, is the results of years of robust negotiations. …
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A lot is predicted from subsequent 12 months’s ASEAN chair Indonesia, particularly in resolving the post-coup disaster in Myanmar, however analysts say that little will change except Jakarta spearheads a hardline stance in opposition to the Burmese junta. Navigating geopolitical rivalries between superpowers will pose one other problem, say analysts. …
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European Council President Charles Michel, proper, speaks with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, heart, throughout the opening ceremony of the EU-ASEAN summit in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Credit score: AP Photograph/Geert Vanden Wijngaert Commercial Pushing forward with a free commerce settlement (FTA) between ASEAN and the European Union had topped …
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The present financial uncertainty has solid an extended shadow over corporations’ enterprise outlook for the 12 months forward, with economists revising their 2023 development forecasts for the ASEAN region. Amid a heightened emphasis to “do extra with much less”, agendas within the boardroom have shifted from development to effectivity. But …
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