ASEAN IN FOCUS

Albayalde to step down as PNP chief on Oct. 29

https://youtu.be/8y9ejzf-Yb4 (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde will be stepping down from his office on Oct.…

Warships and aircraft ready for first US-ASEAN maritime drills

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel from the US and ten Southeast…

Footage shows Bangkok bombing in mall minutes from ASEAN summit

  BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Footage emerged Saturday of the moment a bomb exploded in a Bangkok mall as the…

Following bombings amid ASEAN meet, PHL Embassy urges Filipinos in Thailand to take extra precautions

(Eagle News)--The Philippine Embassy in Bangkok on Friday, Aug. 2, urged Filipinos there to take extra precautions following the "bombings"…

UPDATE: Bombs rattle Bangkok during ASEAN summit, wounding three

by Aidan JONES / Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP ) -- Several small bombs exploded across Bangkok on Friday, rattling…

Pompeo says US not asking ASEAN allies to ‘choose’ on China

  by Francesco FONTEMAGGI / Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

China wants freedom of navigation, overflight in final Code of Conduct on South China Sea

Ambassador says China would like to finalize COC while PHL is still coordinator of China-ASEAN dialogue (Eagle News) – China…

Duterte’s strong stand vs Canada trash inspired other ASEAN nations to take same move, reports BOC

  (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte’s strong stand against Canada on the issue of returning its trash back to…

Southeast Asian leaders throw weight behind China-led trade pact

by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI / Dene-Hern CHEN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Southeast Asian leaders gathered in Bangkok on Saturday determined to…

President Duterte expresses “disappointment” with delay in Code of Conduct on South China Sea at ASEAN Summit

    (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte expressed grave concern over activities in the South China Sea that erode…

Protectionism slammed as Southeast Asian leaders rally to trade pact

by Thanaporn PROMYAMYAI / Dene-Hern Chen Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Southeast Asian leaders made an impassioned plea…

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