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“Asean and Hong Kong recognise each other as critical and indispensable partners in the realising of our prospective visions,” he said, stressing that Hong Kong was a “highly developed territory” and a close and valuable neighbour of the region.
This weekend, the four leaders of the Quad will once again convene, this time in US President Joe Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. The summit will double as a send-off for two of the leaders – it will be one of Kishida Fumio’s last acts as Japan’s prime minister, while Biden will end his term four months after the gathering.
BANGKOK — Thailand wants to work with warring sides in Myanmar to repair a key highway cutting through the conflict-ridden country as it seeks to stabilise borders areas and keep trade routes open, Thai Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said on Thursday (Sept 19).
“I just had to show my passport when I crossed the border,” the fresh university graduate told This Week in Asia, describing her seamless four-day trip with a friend.
At least 19 people were killed in Myanmar after heavy rains triggered floods in and around the war-torn country's capital city, with rescuers moving some of the 3,600 people displaced to safer areas on boats, according to the national fire service.
Dindo Manhit, president of Manila-based think tank Stratbase ADR Institute, told This Week in Asia that mini-lateral partnerships with like-minded countries were Manila’s best course of action to defend its national interests and rein in Beijing’s aggression.
“It will not be an easy task politically – in the long run we will all be winners, but some will win more than others,” Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said on Friday.
BANGKOK — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in talks with Myanmar's ruling junta, its armed opponents and its neighbours to provide cross-border humanitarian assistance into the war-torn country, its chief said on Wednesday (Sept 11).