#Malaysia will scrap entry #visa requirements for citizens of #China and #India visiting the nation beginning Dec. 1, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
#Chinese and #Indian nationals may stay for up to 30 days #VisaFree, Anwar said in a speech at his People’s Justice Party’s annual congress in #Putrajaya on Sunday. This would be subject to security screening, he added.
#China has been attempting to play an active role in finding a solution to the conflict as it seeks to expand its position as a major #GlobalPower.
#Beijing dispatched a #PeaceEnvoy for a multi-country tour of the region last month and has acted as a strong voice pushing for an immediate #ceasefire at the #UnitedNations, including the #UNSecurityCouncil, where China now holds the rotating presidency.
The government plans to relocate 7,500 residents for the project, called #Rempang Eco-City, which is part of a national strategy to attract foreign investment and stimulate economic growth. But for Ramli and many other #Indigenous#Malay people on the island, it is a threat to their livelihood, culture and identity.
“I was born here. My parents and grandparents were also born here,” Ramli told #BenarNews between tears.
Attended a press conference in #Japan where one speaker spoke about energy policy in #ASEAN and, not even once, named a single country in the region, treating it as monolithic bloc, not as diverse separate countries with wildly contrasting policies and plans.
Especially bizarre as essentially no energy policy coordination at the ASEAN level.
Part of a larger trend, as I feel like I hear more about ASEAN in Japan than I ever did when living in #SoutheastAsia.
How many Southeast Asian countries have you visited? (Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Timor Leste)
Nov 15 (Reuters) - Defence ministers in #ASEAN called for an immediate #ceasefire in #Gaza and a durable solution to the crisis in #Myanmar during the opening of a regional meeting in #Jakarta on Wednesday
All ASEAN defence ministers, with the exception of Myanmar's, attended Wednesday's forum, with U.S. Defence Secretary #LloydAustin to meet counterparts later in the day. #Ukraine#Israel
A #PhotoExhibition showcasing #Vietnamese culture, landscapes & people opened on Nov. 9 in #Mexico with aim of introducing local people to a dynamic & charming Vietnam.
The event took place as part of activities being held to celebrate the #50thanniversary since the establishment of #diplomatic relations between both sides.
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
Professor Zachary Abuza, an expert on South-east Asian security, warned of a “revitalisation of #TerrorNetworks, renewed terror attacks, #Radicalisation and fund-raising for militant groups” serving as “a catalyst for... disparate #jihadist groups in #SouthEastAsia that are seeking both a cause and charismatic leader to rally around”. #Israel#ASEAN
Schools were shut and non-essential construction was banned around #Delhi as the #AirQuality index in the city almost hit 500 – the highest the measurement will go and 100 times the limit deemed to be healthy by the #WorldHealthOrganization.
#MetroManila (#CNN Philippines, November 3) — The #Philippines offered assistance to transport #ASEAN nationals trapped in war-torn #Gaza through the Rafah border crossing once it is opened, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday. #RafahCrossing#Israel
The town (Chinshwehaw) , bordering #China’s #Yunnan province, is central to the flow of trade from #Myanmar to China. More than a quarter of Myanmar’s $1.8bn border trade with China passed through Chinshwehaw from April to September, state media reported in September, citing the Ministry of Commerce.
One of the major reasons why #Myanmar lost the fight for #Chinshwehaw is because their most modern jet fighters are grounded. The #JF17 is a light multirole combat aircraft jointly produced by #China and #Pakistan.
To be blunt about it, Myanmar has a crap army. They're good at terrorizing civilians but not much else. #ASEAN
According to a statement released on Tuesday, the alliance has so far seized more than 80 military bases and taken over the border post of #ChinShweHaw, while more than 100 military soldiers have surrendered to resistance forces. Footage posted by alliance members on social media indicates that they have also seized large caches of military weapons and ammunition. #ASEAN
Myint Swe, appointed as #Myanmar’s president after the coup, has warned this month’s gains by an alliance of ethnic armed groups in areas bordering #China risk breaking the country apart, in the military regime’s first acknowledgement of the challenge it is facing.
Front-line workers say #methamphetamine pills are now being sold for as little as $0.25 each as traffickers flood the country with unprecedented amounts of drugs.
If I were working for #ASEAN, in particular in the #Culture vertical, I would have had set up a #Fediverse account already.
This is why ASEAN is having a hard time in, well, the ASEAN region when it comes to the people. The management, and everything else, is top-down.
It should be bottom-up. It should be #grassroots not political.
To this day, after so many years, ASEAN is still a political effort. They can't even mandate to make August 8 #ASEANday as a holiday in all member nations.
They can do more if only they'll change their approach.
I'm not saying the political side should be put aside. Not at all. Rather, the focus should be to sell it to its own people. It has to matter to the common folk.
Are they even aware that gamers from the ASEAN region have been closer since 2000? They probably are not. Imagine tapping that… missed opportunities.
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
During their scheduled early November summit in the #Philippines, Prime Minister #FumioKishida and President #FerdinandMarcos Jr. are expected to greenlight negotiations for a "reciprocal access agreement," facilitating the presence of visiting forces, according to sources.