ASEAN News

JAKARTA – The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) together with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) held their first webinar underscoring the linkages of biodiversity and health and regional efforts to incorporate biodiversity conservation into the response for Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar entitled “Biodiversity and Preventing Future Pandemics” was launched on Wednesday, May 20, through the zoom app that was also broadcasted …

The Covid-19 pandemic poses significant threat to the ASEAN as the region has faced anything like this in the recent past. It is important for the bloc to be united in fighting the common enemy in Covid-19. As of this week, the total number of cases reported by Asean stood around 70,000. The region’s geographical proximity to China (then epicenter) …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Asean Data Science Explorers are now opening its doors to students across the Asean region. The  programme was founded in a collaboration between Asean Foundation and multinational software corporation SAP to empower universal mindset, innovative tools compassionate visions to help solve the region’s most pressing developmental issues. SAP Malaysia managing director Hong Kok Cheong said in …

MANILA – Dr. Maria Ruth B. Pineda of University of Santo Tomas has been hailed as the country’s finalist in the most coveted ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women 2020 on her project research gestational diabetes. The Filipina scholar will be representing the Philippines that seeks to award to women from the ASEAN region working in applied science. She will be …

As the Asean states deploy all possible instruments to fight the pandemic, More than half the nations in the region have reached out to Vietnam for donations of protective personal equipment (PPE), such as medical suits and masks. A sign that the region is fighting the impulse to hoard shipment of medical supplies out of their borders. Vietnam has donated …

BANGKOK  – Thai exports of computers and components rose in the 1st quarter of 2020 to Bt128 billion, making the country the top exporter of computers, components among Asean nations, said Department of Trade Negotiations director-general Auramon Supthaweethum. “The a rising demand for computers came from increasing online activities amid the Covid-19 lockdown worldwide.” In the same period last year, …

During these challenging times, stage actors, singers, and musicians in the local theater industry from the ASEAN region have come together in a show of solidarity to perform Jonathan Larson’s Seasons of Love. The ASEAN Musical Theatre Project, helmed by Peter Ong and his team, have come up with an epic cover of the song made its debut on YouTube …

BANGKOK – Thailand has been battling the the COVID-19 virus over the past four months causing the government to implement strict measurs including declaring a country-wide lockdown and curfew throughout the country where people must stay at home from 10:00 pm to 4:00 am. The lockdown and curfer has helped the country reduce and curb the spread of the virus. …

SEOUL – The Korean financial industry has mentioned the Southeast Asia region as the place where they want to establish its presence over the next three years to accomplish the country’s new three-year plan. South Korea’s FSC (Financial Services Commission) has announced three-year plan (2020-2022) and the expansion in ASEAN countries among one of the three major strategies for the …

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on many countries in South East Asia, A deepening tactical and strategic competition between the two superpower is emerging and the region is getting caught in the middle of it. From technology to tariffs to visas, the USA are beginning to mount up a full attack on China, The South-east Asian region …