France 24 (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
North Korea signed a non-aggression pact with the other members of the ASEAN REgional Forum on Thursday, a sign that it wants to been as a more responsible international player.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Its nonaction on Burma undermines its legitimacy. From today's Wall Street Journal Asia
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Korea has signed on to a 'non-aggression' pact with South-East Asian nations after regional security talks at the ASEAN forum in Singapore. The deal comes a day after unprecedented talks on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. With the signing in Singapore, North Korea has become the 15th nation outside the ASEAN bloc to sign the non-aggression pact, the Treaty of Amity and Co-operation....
Singapore News Alternative (Free subscription) | yesterday
News.xinhuanet.com 24 Jul 2008 SINGAPORE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo handed over chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Standing Committee (ASC) to Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Sahat Banditkul at the end of the bloc's annual ministerial meetings here Thursday. At the turnover ceremony, to officially pass the chairmanship from Singapore...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | yesterday
DPRK signed a non-aggression treaty with its Southeast Asian neighbors at the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum Thursday.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Tending to a region the U.S. has neglected for too long. From today's Wall Street Journal Asia
H5N1 (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Via Vietnam News Agency: ASEAN to boost bird flu pandemic control. Excerpt: Bird flu chiefs from across Southeast Asia have agreed to assess the ability of their governments to respond to a deadly human pandemic of the H5N1 virus, reported...
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Modest progress on Myanmar is overshadowed by the threat of war between Thailand and Cambodia FOUR months ago, when Thailand's prime minister, Samak Sundaravej, visited his Cambodian counterpart, Hun Sen, the two countries seemed capable of dealing peacefully with a long-running dispute over an ancient temple on their borders. Thailand backed Cambodia's bid to have the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE : The 41st ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held in Singapore has drawn to a close with the group pledging to see the ASEAN Charter through its implementation at the end of the year.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Korea's reclusive communist regime, long seen as a nuclear threat to the region, signed a nonaggression pact Thursday with Southeast Asia, in a largely symbolic move. The move has no direct impact on the six-nation efforts to strip Pyongyang of its...
Singapore News Alternative (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Inquirer.net 23 Jul 2008 SINGAPORE -- Singapore complained on Wednesday about an unruly press pack covering this week's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meetings, and urged the media to "exercise restraint." "There have been several complaints by accredited delegations and hotel guests on the behavior of some journalists at the conference venue," an official statement...
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
Tampa Bay Online Singapore has cancelled ASEAN's traditional night of skits and stage acts by ministers at the end of their annual talks.ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said he did not know why the Singaporeans… Read the full article here
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE : There's no telling how ASEAN will be hit by the looming economic slowdown in the US, even as India and China continue to growth, but the grouping must make building a robust regional political structure its key priority, said Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
The TAC, which came into force in 1976, requires signatories to renounce the use or threat of force and calls for the peaceful settlement of conflicts. Aside from the 10 ASEAN members, 11 other countries outside the regional bloc have signed up to the pact.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
[JURIST] Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win has called for the newly-established Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of ASEAN member nations. The comments, made during a Monday meeting to organize the new ASEAN human rights committee, indicate that Myanmar may block attempts to give the new body any authority to investigate...
