Politics

3 March 2025
Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) was established in 2015 to finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects in emerging economies.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, right, greets his Philippine counterpart, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., at the ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10, 2023.
International relations

Indonesia's Jokowi begins trip to Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei

Talks to include economy and defense as China's clout grows

9 January 2024
Steakholder sees similarities between Jewish kosher and Muslim halal dietary requirements. (Photo courtesy of company)
Food & Beverage

Israel's food tech upstarts eye ASEAN's Muslim countries

Indonesia, Malaysia offer halal gateway for Jewish state's companies

19 July 2023
The CPTPP will help Brunei tap into new trading opportunities in countries like Canada and Chile, Brunei's government says.
Trade

Brunei becomes 11th nation to ratify CPTPP trade deal

Founding member seeks more foreign direct investment

16 May 2023
Brunei's Second Finance and Economy Minister Amin Liew Abdullah spoke with Nikkei about LNG exports and regional trade agreements. (Photo by Takashi Nakano)
Interview

Brunei to keep supplying LNG to 'trusted Japanese customers': minister

ASEAN member will 'expedite' CPTPP ratification to help diversify economy

24 December 2022
Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof, pictured speaking at the United Nations, will serve as ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar.
Myanmar Crisis

ASEAN picks Brunei's Yusof as its special envoy to Myanmar

Communique promises 'full access to all parties' but many harbor doubts

4 August 2021
Japan is eager to reopen business travel to and from a number of territories, including Taiwan, Brunei, Myanmar and Singapore, but not China.
Coronavirus

Japan puts Taiwan and Brunei atop its business travel agenda

Myanmar also considered as Tokyo moves to undo coronavirus restraints

30 June 2020
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe participates in the "ASEAN Plus Three" virtual leaders' summit in April. Southeast Asian leaders and their counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea spoke via video links to draw up a strategy to overcome the crisis.
Comment

Japan must cement ties with ASEAN in health care security

Southeast Asia increasingly reliant on Tokyo for guidance and help

24 May 2020
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International relations

Vietnam city fines Bayer chief for South China Sea 'nine-dash' map

Ho Chi Minh authorities say local CEO spread 'illegal images'

21 May 2020
Meat, fish vegetables and fruit are among the items covered under a mutual supply initiative signed by Singapore and New Zealand.
Trade

TPP countries defy protectionist trend to maintain supply chains

Singapore teams with New Zealand and Japan to keep food and medical gear flowing

2 May 2020
Beijing has been accused of using the coronavirus outbreak to renew efforts to consolidate its control over disputed parts of the South China Sea.
South China Sea

New South China Sea tensions rattle Manila and Hanoi amid pandemic

US and Australian warships sail in disputed waters after China bolsters claim

27 April 2020
Chan Chun Sing, Singapore's minister for trade and industry, center, holds the signed joint statement for the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement with counterparts from New Zealand and Chile.
International relations

Singapore and TPP trailblazers now turn to digital rule-setting

Partners seek to draw global standards for AI, fintech and personal data

22 January 2020
The vast majority of ASEAN pundits polled say the region is becoming the focus of a major power struggle between the U.S. and China.
International relations

7 of 10 ASEAN members favor China over US: survey

73% feel the region is becoming a staging ground for a major power struggle

16 January 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin: The Russian leader announced in September that the EAEU would start talks on a trade deal with India.
International relations

Russia woos India to sign trade pact with Eurasian Economic Union

Moscow hopes to show global heavyweights take its bloc seriously

15 January 2020
The Philippines has resumed stamping Chinese passports, which it stopped doing after Philippine and Chinese vessels had a standoff in the South China Sea in 2012.
International relations

Philippines to resume stamping Chinese 'Nine-Dash Line' passports

Manila reverses 2012 policy as Duterte strives to improve Beijing ties

6 November 2019
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