ASEAN Youth Forum participants got together in Vientiane, Lao PDR on Feb 16 to exchange about their work experiences and catch up with friends. Bennett, Sombath, Rita, Kita, Yurt ate dinner together before sending Bennett on the bus to Savannakhet. Ole also joined in with everyone the evening before for some dinner and late night [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Sabaidee from Vientiane!!
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Community Development, HIV/AIDS, Lao PDR
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Stop Privatization at KKU!
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in Allies, ASEAN Youth MovementTags: Education, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Student-activist groups gathered together on Feb 12 to protest the privatization of Khon Kaen University. One of the main student organizers, DauDin, also hosted the Esan Common Rights Festival earlier this winter. Your reporter joined with the protesters and spoke with several of the group’s leaders. As the school continues to accept students “outside of [...]
เขียนโดย ธีร์/อันมัย วันอาทิตย์ ที่ 7 เดือนกุมภาพันธ์ พ.ศ.2553 ๑ … ก่อนค่ำวันก่อน ประตูห้องสองบานเปิดกว้าง พัดลมเพดานทุกตัวยังคงหมุน แอร์คอนดินชั่นสองเครื่องยังคง กระหึ่ม ไอเย็นแผ่ซ่านเจือจานออกมานอกห้อง ไฟทุกดวงสว่างไสว เก้าอี้ทุกตัวว่างเปล่า พื้นห้องเกลื่อนด้วยกล่องนม ถุงขนม ถ้วยพลาสติก ทิชชู กระป๋องน้ำอัดลม อาจารย์และนักศึกษาละทิ้งห้องเรียน ไปนานแล้ว แต่ทุกอย่างข้างในห้องยังคงดำรง อยู่ในสภาพเช่นนั้น และนี่ไม่ใช่ครั้งแรก และไม่มีทางเป็นครั้งสุดท้าย
CAFTA – AFTA Updates
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: AFTA, Free Trade
China Trade Deal Offers Much To ASEAN Countries: ASEAN Chief http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=475927 JAKARTA, Feb 17 (Bernama) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Secretary General Dr. Surin Pitsuwan said that the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement will benefit member countries on trade and investment pact, China’s Xinhua news agency cited a local daily as saying on [...]
Interview with Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand Nguyen Duy Hun 20/02/2010 – http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/33198/vietnam-takes-the-helm Q:WHAT ARE VIETNAM’S PRIORITIES AS THE ASEAN CHAIR? Ambassador Nguyen Duy Hung A: Our theme, “Towards an Asean Community: From Vision to Action”, will see concrete action to accelerate implementation of the three blueprints (The Asean community consists of three pillars: the Asean [...]
From Maryland Public Radio: U.S. citizen Kyaw Zaw Lwin was arrested on his way into his native country of Burma on September 3rd, 2009. He’s been in prison there since then. Last Wednesday he was sentenced to three years of hard labor; the next day he was moved to a remote, rural prison. We bring [...]
Tet Updates from Vietnam
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Tet, Vietnam
New Year Greetings from the President 14/02/2010 – http://english.vietnamnet.vn/politics/201002/New-Year-Greetings-from-the-President-894599/ On the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), President Nguyen Minh Triet extends his New Year greetings to people throughout the country. People, comrades and soldiers across the country, In 2009, despite facing the global economic downturn, natural disasters and epidemics, Vietnam continued to record tremendous achievements [...]
Free Elections in Burma?
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Burma, Youth and Democracy
Thailand joins Indonesia in promoting free, fair elections in Myanmar Abdul Khalik , The Jakarta Post – 02/15/2010 – http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/02/15/thailand-joins-ri-promoting-free-fair-elections-myanmar.html It is in the interests of the ASEAN community to help Myanmar hold fair, free and transparent elections this year, to return democracy and peace to the country, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya says. The [...]
ASEAN and Migrant Rights
Posted: February 22, 2010 by bennetthaynes in ASEAN UpdatesTags: Human Rights, Migration
Draft deadlocked over key issues Mustaqim Adamrah – The Jakarta Post – 01/28/2010 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/28/draft-deadlocked-over-key-issues.html Negotiations on the draft of the ASEAN Framework Instrument on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers are in deadlock, with Malaysia refusing to agree on key points. An official at the Indonesian Foreign Ministry, Ben Perkasa Drajat, [...]
