ASEAN and the world

(CPV) - In collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Siemens and its consortium partners, Orascom Construction and Elsewedy Electric, announced today the completion of the Egypt Megaproject in record time.

At least 80 people have died from the heat in Japan since the beginning of this month and more than 35,000 have been hospitalized, the agency said.

Nam Gwan-pyo, a senior director from the presidential National Security Office of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 24th welcomed the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to dismantle some facilities at a site used to develop engines for ballistic missiles.

More than 20 people have been killed in forest fires that raged around Greece’s capital, Athens, government spokesperson Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on July 23rd.

US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin said President Donald Trump planned to attend the Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Argentina.

Malaysia’s Immigration Department has pledged to further intensify operations to round up illegal immigrants in the time ahead.

(CPV) - On 20th 2018, ADB Vice-President Mr. Wencai Zhang affirmed ADB’s continued support to develop the East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), that extends about 2,500 kilometers from Kolkata to Kanyakumari, and covers four states of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and West Bengal.

ASEAN-India trade is likely to touch USD100 billion by 2020, the news agency PTI quoted Indian Union Urban Development and Housing Minister Hardeep Singh Puri as saying.

As the US and China are locked in a trade spat through mutual hiking of tariffs, Indonesia looks likely to be dragged into what may escalate into a global trade war.

India has invited member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to invest in its infrastructure projects, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President Moon Jae-in on July 19th appointed Admiral Sim Seung-seob as the new Navy Chief in a ceremony at the presidential office in the Blue House.

The United Nations (UN) has marked the 100th birth anniversary of anti - Apartheid activist Nelson Mandela.

Ethiopia has appointed its first ambassador to Eritrea in two decades.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed to return 55 sets of remains believed to be those of US troops missing from the 1950-1953 Korean War next week.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and European Union (EU) leaders on July 17th signed a free trade agreement.

(CPV) - Investments in basic services must be complemented by policy and regulatory reforms as well as capacity development to support a shift towards more commercially viable utilities in the Pacific, says the latest issue of ADB's Pacific Economic Monitor (PEM) launched on July 18th 2018.

Nearly 70,000 security personnel will be deployed at all the 22,967 polling stations during Cambodia's coming general election, a member of the Cambodian National Election Committee (NEC) said on July 17th.

India and Iran on July 16th held the 15th round of Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi, India.

On July 16th, the U.S. Department of State announced Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would meet his Republic of Korea (RoK) counterpart Kang Kyung-wha in New York on July 20th to discuss the latest on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

The 24th edition of the Sao Paulo Forum opened in Havana, Cuba on July 15th.

(CPV) - The Embassy of Switzerland in Pakistan and ADB signed an agreement on July 16th 2018 to support the National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF), recently established by the Government of Pakistan to finance investments in disaster risk reduction and preparedness that have high economic impact.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said that it would receive USD110 million donations from UN members for humanitarian relief.

On July 12th, US President Donald Trump and First lady Melania Trump began their official visit to the United Kingdom.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President Moon Jae-in on July 11th began his official three-day visit to Singapore.

British Prime Minister (PM) Theresa May has appointed Jeremy Haunt, former Health Secretary as Foreign Secretary, after his predecessor Boris Johnson resigned.

Foreign Affairs Minister of Japan Taro Kono paid a visit to Malaysia on July 10th-11th at the invitation of his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah to discuss measures to strengthen bilateral relations.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 9th was sworn in for his second term as Turkey’s President.

At least 100 people have been killed and two million forced to flee their homes after record rains pounded southwest Japan.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on July 8th arrived in Germany for the fifth round of China-Germany intergovernmental consultations and an official visit to the European country.

The National Legislative Assembly of Thailand approved the National Strategy which will be legally binding for 20 years to all government agencies and public organisations on July 6th.