Four decades since his death, Elvis Presley still reigns as The King — for impersonators.Few artists inspire people all over the world to dress up and perform passionately on stage like Presley. Impersonators from different generations and various countries paid tribute to their idol recently at a gathering in the ...

MANILA -- Philippine central bank Governor Nestor Espenilla said the peso will trade within "manageable levels" with a flexible exchange rate policy. The currency extended declines.

The business sector in Thailand needs to rapidly shift towards digital transformation to stay competitive and become a digital leader in Asean by 2020, says Germany-based enterprise software maker SAP Indochina.

Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights Country: WorldASEAN lawmakers urge regional governments to do more to protect migrant workers and refugees, arguing that all members of the ASEAN community are entitled to basic rights.KUALA LUMPUR, 7 August 2017 – ASEAN lawmakers urged regional governments today to do more to protect migrant ...

North Korea vowed Monday to bolster its nuclear arsenal and gain revenge of a "thousand-fold" against the United States in response to tough U.N. sanctions imposed following its recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests.The warning came two days after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions to punish North Korea, ...

Turkey has become a sectorial dialogue partner for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Aug. 6.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met on Aug. 6 with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the Philippine capital Manila during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum, before holding a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson later in the day

Thailand has the potential to be the economic hub of Asean and the main gateway to its neighbouring countries, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), said Hong Kong's chief executive.

Labour Minister Sirichai Distakul joined Asean ministers to sign the CLMVT (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand) Joint Declaration on Safe Migration to strengthen regional efforts to end decades of illegal labour in five Southeast Asian nations.

Export wichtiger Rohstoffe soll verboten werden – Erfolgschancen sind offen – ASEAN ruft Pjöngjang zu Selbstbeherrschung auf

MANILA -- The Philippines’ $23 billion outsourcing empire is facing mounting risks: China is rising quickly as a competitor, the government wants to cut some incentives and a siege in the south of the country is worrying investors.

Indian participation organised jointly by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry in partnership with Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India and supported by the Indian Embassy in Thailand.

Next month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is going to have the big party it deserves. The golden jubilee celebration will pay tribute to the remarkable journey of a small regional association founded by five foreign ministers from backward countries in a war-torn region.

Source: Asian Development Bank Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tuvalu, Viet Nam, WorldUnder a business-as-usual scenario, a 6 degree Celsius temperature increase is projected over the Asian landmass by the end of the century. MANILA, PHILIPPINES (14 July 2017) — Unabated climate change would bring ...

Seatris, web-based restaurant management software from Germany, is introducing its machine learning technology in Thailand as part of the company's business expansion efforts in Asean market.

The fourth Act East Business Show was held on June 1 in Shillong, the capital of the state of Meghalaya in northeastern India. It was my first time out of New Delhi as the new Thai ambassador to the country, having presented my credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee just two ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) is urging Japanese information and communication technology companies to use the Southeast Asian country as a stepping-stone to tap into the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations market.

The negotiations between Asean and its six partners in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) seem to be going nowhere. The outlook has become so dim that experts fear that unless national leaders call for an end to some forms of protectionism to salvage the agreement, the final document may ...

While there is broad public awareness that the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is making progress, especially with respect to lowering trade tariffs, the benefits of this progress are not always recognised on a day-to-day basis by the people of Southeast Asia.

Thailand plans to promote the northeastern city of Mukdahan to be a trading and logistics centre of Asean, expecting to pour investment into infrastructure in the province to help increase annual border trade to 200 billion baht by 2019.