Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
ASEAN has vowed to make progress in bringing about stability and peace in conflict-torn Myanmar, following an unofficial meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister U Tin Maung Swe in Bangkok on Sunday.
ASEAN foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Bangkok on Sunday, which Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe is expected to attend, according to an informed source.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul began his official visit to Kuala Lumpur today, at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, with cooperation on southern border security and Malaysia's ban on Thai shrimp imports high on the agenda.
Malaysia has extended for another year its contract with marine robotics company Ocean Infinity for a deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of a Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared 12 years ago.
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, who has been receiving cancer treatment in Beijing, is scheduled to return to Phnom Penh this Friday, the Khmer Times reports.
Agriculture Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit said today that he will travel to Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday to meet his Malaysian counterpart in an effort to resolve the trade dispute over Thai shrimp exports to Malaysia and Malaysian sea bass imports to Thailand.
Displaced persons from Myanmar living in temporary shelters along the Thailand-Myanmar border began receiving Thai non-national identity cards this week.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin hosted leaders of the ASEAN on Wednesday as Russia seeks to bolster business and other ties with the nations of the regional bloc.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will travel to Russia this week to attend the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit in Kazan, aimed at strengthening economic, trade and investment cooperation between ASEAN and Russia.
The US has formally installed veteran diplomat Kevin Kim as ambassador to ASEAN after an 18-month vacancy, according to the website of the ASEAN Secretariat.
An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.
The prime minister of Laos, Sonexay Siphandone, has thanked Thailand and Thai rescue teams for their assistance in rescuing Laotian miners trapped in a flooded cave in Xaysomboun province, describing the effort as a reflection of the close friendship and cooperation between the neighbouring countries.
