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A Collective Voice for Peace With Justice
Earlier this year, the Sydney Peace Foundation separated from the University of Sydney after 27 years. The Foundation existed under the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and awards Australia’s only international prize for peace. The story of the...
UPSC Key: India-ASEAN relations, AI regulation, and self-sufficiency in farm
Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance. Mains Examination: General Studies-II: Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India’s interests. Story continues...
PHL jumps to 20th place in Global Gender Gap Index
THE PHILIPPINES jumped five spots in the 2025 Global Gender Gap Index of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to 20th out of 148 countries and retained its position as the highest-ranking Southeast Asian country. “Compared to the previous year, the...
47th ASEAN Summit: Malaysia’s Hospitality, Professionalism Leave Lasting Impression On Media Delegates
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli and Nur Syuhada Yusof KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- As the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits draw to a close today, international media representatives covering the week-long event are departing Kuala...
General : 47th ASEAN Summit: Malaysia’s Hospitality, Professionalism Leave Lasting Impression On Media Delegates
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli and Nur Syuhada Yusof KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (Bernama) -- As the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits draw to a close today, international media representatives covering the week-long event are departing Kuala...
"Ang gabâ dilî magsabâ”: the reckoning that comes in silence
IN the shadow of a nation's collective memory, amid the noise of politics and the clamor of manipulated narratives, a Visayan proverb stands with quiet potency: "Ang gabâ dilî magsabâ." The curse, or more accurately, the reckoning, does not make...
Cambodia Committed to Working Closely with New Zealand and A...
AKP Phnom Penh, October 29, 2025 -- Acknowledging a shared vision for more ambitious and prosperous economic integration across ASEAN and New Zealand markets, Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of Cambodia reaffirmed the...
ASEAN U19 Championship: Myanmar youth women score dominant win
The Myanmar U19 women’s team battles Laos in a group match. Myanmar’s U19 women’s team secured a commanding win over Laos at the ASEAN U19 Women’s Championship quarterfinals held in Vietnam yesterday. On the second group stage day, Myanmar...
Abu Dhabi’s state oil giant bids US$18.7b for Australia’s Santos amid global race for natural gas stakes
SYDNEY June 16 — Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil company is leading a takeover bid for Australian energy group Santos, valuing it at US$18.7 billion, Santos said Monday. Santos’s board said it plans to unanimously recommend the Abu Dhabi National Oil...
Timor-Leste: COP29 unlikely to be different in terms of funding – president
The President of Timor-Leste said on Thursday that the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP), which is taking place in Azerbaijan, is unlikely to be very different from the others in terms of funding. “I...
ASEAN Higher Education Ministers’ Roundtable in Langkawi on June 19 - Zambry
PUTRAJAYA: The ASEAN Higher Education Ministers’ Roundtable: Envisioning the Next Decade and Beyond will be held in Langkawi on June 19, and is expected to outline a new direction for regional higher education, said Higher Education Minister Datuk...
Asean Higher Education Ministers' Roundtable in Langkawi on June 19
PUTRAJAYA: The Asean Higher Education Ministers' Roundtable: Envisioning the Next Decade and Beyond will be held in Langkawi on June 19, says Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. He said the roundtable would be one of the...
General : ASEAN Higher Education Ministers' Roundtable In Langkawi On June 19 - Zambry
PUTRAJAYA, June 10 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Higher Education Ministers’ Roundtable: Envisioning the Next Decade and Beyond will be held in Langkawi on June 19, and is expected to outline a new direction for regional higher education, said Higher...
Agri-enterprises drive growth under the SAFE Acceleration Program: Investment opportunities in regenerative agriculture unveiled
LOS BAÑOS, Philippines—The Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Enhancement (SAFE) Acceleration Program—a collaborative initiative by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and Villgro...
singapore Singapore women's football team withdraw from Asean Women's Championship
Six months after securing their first appearance at the Asean Women's Championship, the national women's football team will not feature in it after the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) announced on June 9 that they have withdrawn from the...
Marcos to push Philippine trade, tech agenda at APEC Summit in South Korea
By Erika Mae P. Sinaking and Chloe Mari A. Hufana, Reporter PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. will promote Philippine economic interests and push deeper regional cooperation at the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic...
Pacific workers embrace Aussie culture in program
A partnership between local meat processing giant HW Greenham & Sons and Victorian employment and education provider Qualify has seen the first cohort from the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme graduate from a food-handling course. The...
World leader hosting ASEAN saves his final, careful words for Albanese
It’s hard work trying to be nuanced in a media landscape thirsty for binaries. Anwar could have easily deflected; Malaysia counts on China for trade, too. Earlier, Albanese met with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who deals almost...
Vietnam reaps first win at 2025 ASEAN U19 Women’s Championship
HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam’s U19 women’s football team made a 2-0 victory over Myanmar in their opening Group A match of the 2025 ASEAN U19 Women’s Championship that kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on June 9. Competing in Group A alongside Myanmar,...
Group draw held for ASEAN women’s football championship
Hanoi (VNA) - The official group draw for the ASEAN Women’s Football Championship – MSIG Serenity Cup™ 2025 took place in Hanoi on June 9, marking the beginning of the region’s most prominent tournament for national women’s teams. The 2025 edition...