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Suicides among all age groups have increased and have reached an eight-year high last year during the Covid-19 pandemic, where most have been marked among the elderly. The number of elders aged 60 and older who took their lives rose to its highest since 1991. According to the Samaritans of Singapore (SOS), a non-profit suicide prevention centre, a total number …

In a recent article issued on the news site Latestmalaysia.com, it is said that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plays a vital role in settling the East Sea disputes, with the international norms and behaviors stipulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The role of the ruling on the territorial waters …

Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu  told his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that it would be good to “meet face to face” again after more than a year of diplomacy-via-Zoom. Instead, ASEAN has granted this privilege to China, twice: first in Fujian province and again in Chongqing, just weeks apart. It is no surprise that Southeast …

Australia has come in full support of Cambodia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2022 and looks forward to the first annual ASEAN-Australia Summit in October this year.This was conveyed by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women of Australia Senator Marise Payne in a video conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn on Wednesday. Related PostsGlobe Telecom: Cost of mobile internet, …

A Singaporean teenager gets a nine-month probation with 40 hours of community service over sending death threats to the French footballer Neal Maupay on Instagram following his match on English Premier League. According to the court documents, the 19-year-old Derek Ng De Ren has sent several death threats through Instagram’s direct message to the EPL footballer last year from the …

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed support for a Southeast Asian diplomatic effort to end the political crisis in Myanmar. Lavrov, speaking during a visit to the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, said the Five Point Consensus agreed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc should be the basis by which the situation in Myanmar can be resolved.Lavrov told …

ADB (The Asian Development Bank) has proposed a new way for countries in Southeast Asia to tap global capital markets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADB, a Manila-based multilateral lender has introduced the SDG Accelerator Bond (SAB), which was aimed at helping ASEAN countries reduce the perceived investment risk posed by an issuing entity, sector, or project with …

In a video conference, the Philippines, through the Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) has led the 17th Meeting of the Task Force on Wood-Based Products (TFWBP) which was held last May 21, 2021. Supervising Trade-Industry Development Specialist of the BPS Standards Development Division (SDD) Engr. Myra Magabilin has chaired the meeting with Standards Officer of …

Myanmar protesters have burned mock coffins and pictures of the junta leader Min Aung Hlaing today in the latest demonstrations against the junta’s seizing power in February which led the Southeast Asian country into disorder. Messages on funeral wreaths such as “May you not rest in peace” and “may your birthday and death day be the same,” were spotted in …

The Philippines has called for the Southeast Asian countries as well as the dialogue partners in intensifying its efforts regarding the matter of transnational crime, terrorism, and maritime security despite the pandemic. Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro brought up the matter during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum (ARF) meeting of senior officials which was …