VERA Files
Asean hasn’t been gaining fans from its handling of the Myanmar military’s coup. But if it is able to craft a new template, the grouping may still count as the best pragmatic bet for getting a conversation going with that country’s men in uniform in order to, first, stop the brutal crackdown on its people.
If the 10-member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were to choose between US and China, it’s a 7-3 win by China, according to “The State of Southeast Asia: 2020 Survey Report” published by the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.
Ipinahiwatig ni Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deputy Administrator Margaux “Mocha” Uson na si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang “pinakamahusay” sa mga pinuno ng Southeast Asia matapos na mabigyan ng number 10 na football jersey ng Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) sa Thailand noong Nob. 2.
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deputy Director Margaux “Mocha” Uson insinuated President Rodrigo Duterte was the “best” among Southeast Asian leaders after being given a number 10 football jersey by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in Thailand on Nov. 2.
BANGKOK (Reporting ASEAN) – A week before ASEAN leaders gathered for their 34th Summit here in late June, an article in Indonesia’s ‘Jakarta Post’ daily detailed disagreements between Cambodia and Singapore over the content of the draft ‘ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific’.
A recent online survey among regional affairs experts showed that while the Philippines looks to China to provide the “alternative regional leadership in the wake of perceived US disengagement,” it does not trust its intentions.
Would ASEAN-10 survive at all with such a huge development gap, not to mention vast differences in political cultures among its member states in development and vast differences in political cultures?
A report published on Nov. 15 by website ddsonline.live claiming that President Rodrigo Duterte was named the new country coordinator of the ASEAN because of the group’s confidence in him is misleading.
SINGAPORE – A Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could be concluded in as early as three years, just about the same time that President Duterte completes his six-year term as president of the Philippines.
How can societies – well beyond governments – handle the manipulation of information while maintaining the space for professional media to do their work?