SE Asia Forges Closer Ties with China, Japan, S.Korea
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Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping.
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Japan's leader Shinzo Abe will hold summits next week with both China and S Korea, all three nations confirm.
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VIENTIANEâSoutheast Asian foreign ministers on Saturday debated the formation of a new regional grouping with Japan, China and South Korea that would cover one-third of the worldâs population, officials said.
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Southeast Asian ministers have wrapped up preparations for ASEAN&#39;s 10th summit, which starts Monday. Free trade and expanding ties with Asian neighbors China and India are high on the agenda.
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The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea agreed Saturday to strengthen bilateral cooperation and push forward the ongoing negotiations on reaching a free trade agreement (FTA).
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Following the recall of several tainted Chinese products in recent weeks, China joined Southeast Asian countries in pledging to strengthen product standards and safety.
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VIENTIANE  - The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations are holding summit talks to speed up economic integration and forge an economic bloc capable of standing up to rising competitors such as India and China.
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SINGAPORE intends to promote Islamic banking products to expand its reputation as a financial hub, and will collaborate with countries such as Malaysia and Brunei in this area.
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Southeast Asian countries have completed talks on a plan for economic integration, bringing the region a step closer to creating a European-style single market covering 530 million people.
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HANOI: Eight years after its inception, the Asia-Europe Meeting (Asem) is moving towards becoming a strong platform for promoting more tangible co-operation between the two continents.
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Free trade agreements are flying around East Asia these days, with even South Asian neighbor India, getting a piece of the action.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting this weekend in Indonesia, issued a collective, official recognition of China as a full market economy.
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HANOI- The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), which serves as a basic pillar of cooperation between the EU, the ASEAN, China, Japan and the Korean Republic, accepted another 13 countries, including the Czech Republic.
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South Korea and Singapore concluded a free trade agreement during a regional summit in Laos, the South Korean government announced today, according to newswires.
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The leaders of Japan and South Korea agree to meet, in a bid to repair their countries' strained ties.
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Analysis: A meeting between the two Asian superpowers tries to forge a new spirit of goodwill. But can their economic interests overcome decades of geopolitical hostility?
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Korea will have a lot to gain from closer ties with Singapore&#39;s advanced service and financial sectors, while Singapore can capitalize on Korea&#39;s efficient logistics system following the inking of the bilateral free-trade agreement, a Singaporean business