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ASEAN News, Oct 14, 2011

Japan, East Asian nations sign pact on emergency rice reserve
Mainichi Daily News
(Mainichi) JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- The 10 agricultural ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea signed an agreement Friday to stockpile rice with the aim of aiding the signatories in ...
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Idea Of Asean Media Window Needs Refinement, Says Rais
Bernama
By Ahmad Fuad Yahya SEMARANG (CENTRAL JAVA), Oct 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's proposal for an Asean Media Gateway will be refined further at the Asean Ministers Responsible for Information (AMRI) meeting in Kuala Lumpur, next year. ...
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Asean agriculture, forestry moving towards 2015, beyond
eco-business.com
By : Antara News As Asean moves toward the realization of the Asean Community in 2015, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), efforts are also underway to ensure corresponding commitment and support in advancing measures outlined in the ...
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SE Asia Stocks-Most edge up, ending the week higher
Reuters
MSCI Indonesia companies could see the best earnings growth in the region, with 25.4 percent, with all Indonesian sectors expected to post positive profit growth, Morgan Stanley said in its ASEANEquity Strategy dated Oct. 13. That was followed by MSCI ...
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Burma needs releasing all political detainees for genuine change
Asian Correspondent
... will not win over political supports domestically or internationally. So, it is time for Burmese government to free all political detainees in an attempt to build true national reconciliation plus peaceful and prosperous country in the ASEAN society.
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Aquino sticks to multilateral mode to resolve Spratlys row
Inquirer.net
EDWIN BACASMAS President Benigno Aquino III on Wednesday called on countries involved in territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) to approach the matter multilaterally through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). ...
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Inquirer.net
House approves DICT bill on second reading
GMANews.TV
According to Jocelle Batapa Sigue, chair ‎of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), the DICT is crucial in the country's ICT future as this will put the Philippines back to the Asean ICT Masterplan 2015 where Asean countries commit ...
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Children and Disaster Experts Discuss Disaster Prevention
Insurance News Net (press release)
Co-organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Committee on Disaster Management , the Thailand Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), the ASEANSecretariat, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ...
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Did you know...?
Nanton News
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, took an important step forward in deepening Canada's economic ties with Southeast Asia by adopting a joint declaration of cooperation with ASEAN, ...
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Burma announces amnesty for more than 6000 prisoners
The Guardian
More widely, the cautious reforms are seen as a sweetener for fellow members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) to agree to Burma taking the rotating chair of the regional grouping in 2014, and to assist the country's integration ...
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The Guardian
South Korean visit offers rare bright spot for Obama : 2011-10-11
Washington Times
(Associated Press) South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrived in Washington on Tuesday evening for a five-day US visit that gives President Obama the opportunity to showcase both a strong personal alliance with a key East Asian ally and some rare ...
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Washington Times
A Peaceful World Rejoices
Bali Discovery
No Extraordinary Security Treatment Planned for Obama Visit to Bali for the ASEANSummit Beyond that Extended to Other World Leaders Expected in Bali. Jakarta Post reports that the Indonesian military command coordinating security for 18 heads of state ...
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Bali Discovery
Vietnam backs PHL-proposed Spratlys peace zone
GMANews.TV
Sang expressed his desire to see the Philippine proposal for a Zone of Peace, Freedom, Friendship and Cooperation (ZoPFF/C) materialize within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to a Department of Foreign Affairs report ...
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Yen worse for Toyota than disaster
Detroit Free Press
"If there were two areas that I thought were open to additional investment, those would be India and the ASEAN area," Tim Lee, GM's president of international operations, said in an interview in Dubai. India's economy, the third-largest in Asia after ...
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Food, tourism to dominate Malaysian China-ASEAN EXPO 2011
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Food and tourism would dominate the Malaysian exhibitions at the eighth China-ASEAN Expo 2011 in Guangxi, China next week. Food and beverage producers are expected to account for one- third of the 151 Malaysian ...
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China, Vietnam sign deal on resolving sea disputes
Khaleej Times
Hanoi clamped down in August on the anti-China protests, while a tentative agreement between China and other Southeast Asian nations was reached at a regional security meeting in Indonesia in July. That came after Vietnamese fishermen reported being ...
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Bates gets new job, hired as skills coach for Patriots
Inquirer.net
FORMER PBA import Billy Ray Bates has been hired as the skills coach of the AirAsia Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL), whic opens its brand-new season in January of next year. “He's a legend in the PBA so we believe he can share ...
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International Construction October 2011 Podcast (audio)
KHL Group
In news this month, we look at a new infrastructure fund launched by the ASEANcountries and Asian Development Bank to invest in infrastructure in the region. In business, we look at news from Canada about a raid on SNC Lavalin's offices, ...
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KHL Group
Latin Leaders Hail FTA Passage
Latin Business Chronicle
South Korea already has deals with the EU, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India . Domestic political opposition will mean that ratification of the bill will be no easy task, however. Trade Minister Kim Joong-hoon today (13 ...
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Nissan develops 10-minute electric car charger
New York Daily News
The breakthrough reportedly came by changing the electrode inside a capacitor from carbon to tungsten oxide and vanadium oxide to improve power, reports AseanAutomotive News. Batteries charged using the updated system were complete in ten minutes, ...
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New York Daily News
Firm to put up $35-M plant in Clark
Sun.Star
Foton officials said the company takes pride in becoming the first Filipino company to compete in the vehicle manufacturing industry by offering its products in the Asean market. Remollo said Foton Motors is China's biggest commercial vehicle maker and ...
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Anecdotes From The Road: "Consumers Are Trading Down & Trading In" - Fullermoney
Proactive Investors UK
Most ASEAN economies, however, are much less exposed to a downturn in the US and Europe. Indonesia, which, along with India, has the lowest direct trade exposure to the US and Europe, in expected to remain resilient, with steady GDP growth above 6% in ...
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Forex - Indonesia Flows: USD/IDR - BI cited; Govt to maintain fuel prices into ...
FXMarketAlerts.com
BI's Warijiyo reiterates stable CPI, policy geared towards growth - cb fx Following yest's surprising move to cut policy rate by 25bps to 6.50% - a first in ASEAN, BI Director Warjiyo reiterated confidence that annual inflation will be below 5% and the ...
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Myanmar calling
Hindu Business Line
India and Myanmar are signatories to the India-Asean Trade in Goods Agreement and Myanmar is also a beneficiary country under India's Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme for LDCs. Myanmar is also a strategic partner for India. ...
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Markets News: China's exports dependence on European Union, United States and ...
FinFacts Ireland
Meanwhile, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) surpassed Japan to become China's third-largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totaling $267bn, up 26.4%. Economic View: Fiscal Advisory Council lays out its path for fiscal ...
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FinFacts Ireland
The United States and China: A G-2 in the Making?
Brookings Institution
This came to a head at the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Hanoi, but the tensions have only gotten worse in 2011. China sat idly by while North Korea took provocative action against South Korea: first the sinking of the Cheonan naval vessel in March ...
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Indonesian Security Forces Shoot Protester in Mine Strike
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
As chair of ASEAN Indonesia, with its goal to make ASEAN a people-centered community, it has a good incentive to be seen as a democratic country, free of human rights abuses. Karen Abplanalp is an Auckland photographer and also an AUT University ...
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Vietnam, Japan Establish Dialogue Mechanism In Distribution, Logistics
Bernama
The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)'s latest survey said high costs and prolonged transport time are major shortcomings in the logistics services of Vietnam and other Aseanmembers. In addition to the lack of deep-water sea ports and ...
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Thailand Floods Latest; Aussies, NZ Win Rugby; Tsunami 'Wave' Planned; Phuket ...
Phuketwan
But its problem now is to establish the operating system as a real rival to the ease of use the Apple iOS has pioneered. mmtimes.com Optimism is growing around Burma's bid to chair Asean in 2014 as a crucial visit by Indonesia's Foreign Minister Mr ...
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Japan and Vietnam in logistics deal
Logistics Manager
A study by the Japan External Trade Organisation found that high costs and pro-longed transport times were among some of the main logistical shortcomings in ASEAN and Vietnam. Transport and customs clearance regulations contributed 30 per cent to the ...
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A Step Back From the Brink in the South China Sea
TIME (blog)
This summer China and ASEAN agreed to a set of guidelines to implement that 2002 declaration, but experts have discounted the significance of that latest accord. This week's agreement between China and Vietnam is, at its most basic, an agreement to ...
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Vietnam - China, ASEAN agree on cultural ministerial meeting
ISRIA (registration)
Chinese and ASEAN officials on Oct. 10 agreed to a schedule for ministerial meetings and announced the first official meeting will be held in Singapore in 2012. The agreement was reached during the China and ASEAN Cultural Ministerial Meeting held in ...
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MOEA warns of impact of US-S Korea trade pact
Taipei Times
According to Lin, since the signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, Taiwan's chemical, textile, machinery and vehicle exports to China have gained an advantage over those from Japan, South Korea and ASEAN nations. ...
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China's population to hit 1.39 billion in 5 years
Straits Times
Major population challenges will include greater numbers of birth defects, unbalanced sex ratios and an aging society, said Cui Li, vice-minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, at the China-Asean forum currently being held ...
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Allocation for MPs' pay hike withdrawn from Budget 2012
The Malaysian Insider
Nazri noted that Malaysian MPs were among the lowest paid in Asean and the world with lawmakers in Singapore earning RM33,589 a month while Indonesian MPs earn RM18,111.89 and those in Thailand earn between RM12,534 and RM12,539 a month, according to ...
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The Malaysian Insider
Green Fleet Briefing: Chevy Spark EV, GM Solar Canopy, Nissan's 10-Min Charge
Environmental Leader
The partners achieved the breakthrough by changing material used for the electrode inside the capacitor, from carbon to a combination of tungsten oxide and vanadium oxide, according to Asean Automotive News. But it could take a decade to commercialize ...
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Environmental Leader
Indonesian fiscal reforms take hold
Business Times (subscription)
At their annual meeting held recently in Manado, Indonesia, Asean economic ministers called for an expansion of trade and investment flows among Asean members and the group's six dialogue partners - Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and New ...
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A Good Law for Indonesia: Editorial, Straits Times Indonesia
Jakarta Globe
This is good news for Asean, whose largest member Indonesia is. But the persistence of terrorism in the country, the cutting edge of religious extremism, is a serious area of concern. This is not for want of trying. The Indonesian security forces have ...
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Jakarta Globe
Japan seeks to deepen partnership with ASEAN ... - Siam Daily News
By XinhuaNET.COM
Japan seeks to deepen partnership with ASEAN beyond 2015 Japan will deepen its decades-old partnership with ASEAN, through active efforts to support ASEAN's.
Siam Daily News Online
Preparatory meeting for ASEAN coordinating ... - Siam Daily News
By XinhuaNET.COM
Preparatory meeting for ASEAN coordinating council held in Bali The Joint Preparatory Meeting ( JPM), the Senior Officials' level Meeting of three pillars of.
Siam Daily News Online
'Asean members must be more positive towards global devt ...
By emmor
Home - News - Local - 'Asean members must be more positive towards global devt'. 'Asean members must be more positive towards global devt'. Posted on October 14, 2011, Friday. Raja Nushirwan Zainal Abidin. KOTA SAMARAHAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members should think of how they could contribute more positively to global development such as in economics in proportion with the region's population. According to the deputy director of ...
BorneoPost Online | Borneo ,...
Indonesia to help lessen suffering of flood victims in ASEAN - Home ...
Indonesia will help lessen suffering of flood victims in some ASEAN member states such as Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, an official said here on Friday. ... READ OTHER NEWS. SHARE ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
PM Hun Sen Meets Cambodia's ASEAN Youth ... - National News
By Choun Heng
A 29-member delegation of Cambodia's ASEAN Youth pays a courtesy call on Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh on October 7, prior to their departure for a ...
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ASEAN Stars Hot List Wing Tai, STX OSV ... - Live Trading News
By Shayne Heffernan
Some of the Emerging Market Upgrades from leading Emerging Markets Analyst Shayne Heffernan this week, Wing Tai, STX OSV, Bangkok Expressway. Wing Tai.
Live Stock Trading News | Equities,...
ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (AEC) RETREAT ... - Trade News
By international trade - Yahoo! News Search Results
NOTE TO EDITORBUSINESS DESKThe Ministry of International, Trade & Industry will be organizing the AseanEconomic Community (AEC) Council Retreat In Kuala Lumpur. The Asean Economic Community (AEC) Council Retreat will be ...
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India-Vietnam sign six pacts including extradition treaty | APN News
By admin
The two sides also decided to increase the trade target to USD 7 billion by 2015 from the present mark of USD 2.7 billion apart from agreeing to work towards early finalisation of the India-ASEANFree Trade Agreement in Services and ...
APN News
ASEAN News Stories, Latest News Headlines on Economic Times
Find the latest headlines, top news stories for ASEAN Read News stories about, ASEAN ASEANlatest news headlines, ASEAN photos and videos about ASEAN ...
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Antara News : Senior officials stress three pillars of ASEAN community
ASEAN senior officials convened a meeting here on Wednesday to stress the coordination of theASEAN community's three pillars.
www.antaranews.com/.../senior-officials-stress-three-pillars-of-...
News - Mission of Japan to ASEAN
The third meeting of ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee was held on 29 -30 September, 2011, in Manado, Indonesia. From the Japanese side, H.E. Mr. ...
www.asean.emb-japan.go.jp/news20111005.html

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