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ASEAN News, Apr 03, 2012

Asean Summit United On North Korean Rocket, Lifting Myanmar Sanctions
International Business Times
All 10 Asean member states "spoke with one voice" against North Korea's plans, according to Malaysia's Sun Daily. "I think thecountries that spoke on the topic ... were all of the opinion that we should be discouraging [North Korea] from undertaking ...
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International Business Times
Asean wants international sanctions on Burma lifted
Inquirer.net
MALACAÑANG PHOTO BUREAU PHNOM PENH—SoutheastAsian leaders on Tuesday called for the lifting of international sanctions on Burma after the country's historic by-elections, a senior Cambodian official said at a regional summit here.
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Inquirer.net
Asean leaders call for lifting of Myanmar sanctions
Bangkok Post
Over the past 12 months the country's quasi-civilian government, led by ex-general Thein Sein, has freed hundreds of political prisoners, eased media restrictions and welcomed the opposition back into politics. At the last Aseansummit in November, ...
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Myanmar, North Korea set to dominate Asean summit
Bangkok Post
Southeast Asian leaders meet Tuesday for an annual summit set to be dominated by Myanmar's historic reforms, North Korea's planned rocket launch and strategic maritime disputes with China. ASEAN foreign ministers pose after signing documents during a ...
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Myanmar Sets Kyat Reference Rate as It Adopts Managed Float
Bloomberg
Myanmar dissident Aung San Suu Kyi will become a lawmaker for the first time after a victory in by-elections in the Asian nation of 64 million people. The biggest financial market policy shift since President Thein Sein took power a year ago is an ...
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Bloomberg
MYANMAR, NORTH KOREA IN FOCUS AS ASEAN MEET STARTS
Philippine Headline News
Myanmar's human rights abuses and iron-fisted suppression of political dissent have often hijacked Asean gatherings in the past, much to the embarrassment of more democratic member-states. But over the past 12 months the country's quasi-civilian ...
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Philippine Headline News
Asia leaders must find a new direction for the ASEAN Way
China Post
MANILA, Philippine Daily Inquirer -- If leaders cannot change when circumstances demand that they do, they would be out of touch and less effective. These words well apply to the ASEAN Way in the light of ASEANleaders' community-building, ...
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Phl to implement no-fly zone near NoKor rocket's path
Philippine Star
“Of course, we will bring the matter up before our ASEAN brother-countriesbecause a lot of them and also the dialogue partners of ASEAN are affected by this missile launch,” Aquino said. He said it's unacceptable that the Philippines may have to spend ...
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Foreign ministers urge end to EU sanctions on Myanmar
Bangkok Post
PHNOM PENH : Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast AsianNations yesterday agreed to support Myanmar's call for the European Union to lift sanctions imposed on the country. Asean foreign ministers praised progress in the democratic process ...
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How to Invest in Southeast Asia's "New" Frontier Markets (EPHE, VNM, ASEA)
MarketWatch
Global X FTSE ASEAN 40 ETF (NAR:ASEA) Unbeknownst to many Americans, Cambodia and Myanmar are both ASEAN member states and given where thecountries are located, it's not surprising that some of their most important trading relationships are with ...
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Philippines to develop island in Spratlys as a tourism destination
The Philippine Online Chronicles
China Daily reported that following Hu's state visit, the Chinese and Cambodian governments released a joint statement calling for the peaceful resolution of the Spratlys regional dispute. “China and ASEAN countries shall continue to abide by the ...
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EU warns of action against booze tariffs
Bangkok Post
The additional costs were unacceptable and against the World Trade Organisation's rules, he said on the sidelines of the annual Asean summit. Taking legal action through the international courts was an option and the matter would be raised in bilateral ...
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Thai, Malaysian leaders agree on border security cooperation
Thai News Agency MCOT
Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tovijakchaikul told reporters that the Thai and Malaysian leaders held luncheon discussions on the sidelines of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), agreeing on cooperation to increase security ...
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Mias: Shortcomings, swift endings
Inquirer.net
The Bangkok International Autoshow, dubbed the biggest in the Asean region, is 33, while the Jakarta version is 20. In the Philippines, MIAS competes with the likes of Tradeshow International's 21-year-old Trans Sport Show (car hobbyist's show with car ...
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Short-term power prospects grim
BusinessWorld Online Edition
A long-term solution, said Mr. Castro, is to interconnect Mindanao to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) power grid. “This is [within the] 2009 ASEAN memorandum via 69-kilovolt submarine cables from Zamboanga City to Sabah, ...
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Minimum Wage Too Blunt and Risky an Instrument to Improve Living Standards
Jakarta Globe
This discipline has been mirrored across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations even as democracies in the West and Japan have continued to add to their massive debt piles. Governments of Southeast Asia's five largest economies (excluding ...
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Jakarta Globe
Morning Brief: Diplomats press for Syria ceasefire
Foreign Policy (blog)
A meeting of ASEAN leaders began in the Cambodian capital of Pnom Penh. Rifaat al-Assad, the uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said that his nephew would not be able to hold power for much longer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
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Foreign Policy (blog)
Clean Coal Technologies Inc., To Present And Sponsor At Prestigious Coal ...
TheStreet.com (press release)
Dr. Dilo Paul will make the presentation on behalf of CCTI. http://www.coalconversionasia.com CCTI's CEO, Robin Eves, stated: This is a tremendous forum for CCTI to present their Pristine M Technology to Indonesia and The ASEAN Region.
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Talks begin on troop withdrawal from Preah Vihear disputed area
Bangkok Post
They met on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Phnom Penh. Mr Natalegawa, who helped bridge the gap between Thailand and Cambodia, said he would wait for the outcome of the JWG before taking any further steps. "The situation along the Thai-Cambodian ...
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Angry Birds, the new black
Bangkok Post
It is also King Pac's distributor and marketer for the domestic andAsean markets. King Pac Industrial itself is staying focused on manufacturing for other companies and exporting to Europe, Japan, and the United States. Dpac started developing its own ...
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Bangkok Post
ERP software outlook rosy
Bangkok Post
Infor is in talks with a local software reseller for a possible distribution partnership to offer the new software service in Thailand, its first country inAsean. Last year Infor acquired the enterprise software firm Lawson Software for US$2 billion.
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Cebu Pacific adds domestic flights to address summer travel hike
Business Mirror
“CEB operates the largest destination network in the country and to the Asean. With 22-percent more flights, we continue to show our commitment in promoting travel within the Philippines, through our trademark lowest fares, and youngest and largest ...
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Why Burma matters — and what Canada should do
iPolitics.ca (subscription)
Burma has always potentially mattered because it is a uniquely rich and strategically important country, with a resourceful population of 60 million. At least four decades behind the development of its Southeast Asian neighbours, Burma has now suddenly ...
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ASEAN Summit begins
ASEAN Summit begins...The summit themed "ASEAN: One Community, One ...The summit is expected to discuss a wide range of ... ... normal life · Recreating planetary sounds from Mars, Venus · News Videos - Watch videonews online ...
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Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily | ASEAN meeting on military ...
Intelligence leaders of 10 ASEAN member countries convened the 9th ASEAN... in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Tuesday, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
www.thanhniennews.com/.../20120328-asean-military-intellig...
News & Resources | News | ASEAN News
E-news; Press Release; Media Coverage; Speech; ASEAN News ...[2012.03.29] Daily Press Monitoring ... Association of Southeast Asia Nationsleaders will endorse a declaration creating a drug-free zone among members in the next three ...
www.aseankorea.org/.../detail.jsp?...
Sino-ASEAN ties key to peace in S. China Sea|Holiday News and ...
Home / China Daily / Holiday News and Opinion ... According to the statement, the two countries agreed that "China and ASEAN countries shall continue to...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012.../content_14968791.htm
THE DAILY STAR :: News :: International :: ASEAN struggles with ...
Lebanon News :: Middle East News :: The Daily Star The Leading English ... A senior Southeast Asian diplomat told AFP that countries were also divided on...
www.dailystar.com.lb/.../168894-asean-struggles-with-south-c...
ASEAN-China agency to raise FTA awareness
By Zhou Wa (China Daily) The ASEAN-China Center aims to help China and members of ... which by 2015 will include China and all 10 ASEAN membercountries, ...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012.../content_14956433.htm
Sino-ASEAN ties key to peace in S. China Sea
Home / China Daily / Holiday News and Opinion ... According to the statement, the two countries agreed that "China and ASEAN countries shall continue to...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012.../content_14968791.htm
13 East Asian countries agree to double size of currency swap ...
The Mainichi Daily News is the English-language news site of Japan's Mainichi... of 13 East Asian countries agreed Wednesday to double the size of a regional ...
mdn.mainichi.jp/.../news/20120329p2g00m0bu084000c.html
AirAsia zooming in on two more Asean countries - Asia News Network
HOME · DAILY BRIEFING · NEWS · VIEWS · BUSINESS, LIFE, QUIRKY ASIA... “ We are also looking at adding two more countries in Asean and we hope to ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=29121&sec=2
ASEAN-China agency to raise FTA awareness
... Mar 31, 2012. China Daily/Asia News Network ... However, many people in China and ASEAN member countries are not aware of the ACFTA. For instance ...
business.asiaone.com/.../A1Story20120331-336893.html
Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - ASEAN buoyed ...
ASEAN buoyed by Myanmar but worried by sea disputes ... Over the past 12 months the country's quasi-civilian government, led by President Thein Sein, has ...
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page...2-4-2012...5
Thai-ASEAN News Network - Higher Wage Feared to Drive Food ...
Provinces across the country will see a maximum of 40 percent daily wage increase on April 1. The wage increase will be applied to the current minimum wage ...
www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1053877
US Increases Economic Engagement With Asian Countries
Daily News logo · Newsletter logo Search News Daily News ... BreakingNews: California Endowment Supports Affordable Care Act. Published: March 27, 2012. US Increases Economic Engagement With Asian Countries. Share With Friends ...
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