ASEAN
International organization of Southeast Asian countries
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| 2025 | 46th Southeast Asian Shooting Championship planned to be held in Taiwan, involving ASEAN and regional partners. |
| 2025 | ASEAN has set a target to achieve 23% renewables in its primary energy supply through substantial investments and policy implementations. |
| 2025 | Malaysia assumes the Chairmanship of ASEAN for the year, rotating according to the alphabetical order of member states' English names. As Chair, Malaysia will lead the ASEAN Summit and related summits, ASEAN Coordinating Council, ASEAN Community Councils, and other ministerial bodies. |
| October 6 2024 | 44th ASEAN Summit scheduled to be held in Vientiane, Laos, to be hosted by Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone |
| September 16 2024 | The Serbian parliament formally requests an associate membership in the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), highlighting their historical cooperation in the Non-Aligned Movement. |
| March 2024 | Philippine President Bongbong Marcos expressed openness for Australia to join ASEAN. |
| 2023 | Indonesia takes over the ASEAN Chair, potentially emphasizing economic resilience and regional stability. |
| 2023 | Kao Kim Hourn from Cambodia is appointed as the Secretary General of ASEAN by the ASEAN Summit, following the organization's rotational selection process among member state nationals. |
| August 2023 | Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão declared that Timor-Leste would not join ASEAN as long as military governments like Myanmar were accepted in the organization. |
| July 2023 | Serbia's accession request to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia is unanimously approved. |
| May 2023 | At the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, a roadmap to Timor-Leste's accession was adopted. |
| February 2023 | Timor-Leste made its debut at an ASEAN foreign ministerial-level meeting, attending the ASEAN Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta. |
| February 9 2023 | Publication of the 5th edition of the 'State of Southeast Asia' survey, revealing 61.5% of ASEAN respondents support Timor-Leste's accession. |
| January 6 2023 | Conclusion of the eight-week survey on Timor-Leste's potential ASEAN membership. |
| 2022 | Cambodia assumes the ASEAN Chair, likely prioritizing post-pandemic regional recovery and strengthening inter-state collaboration. |
| 2022 | Vietnam achieved a significant milestone with solar and wind energy accounting for 13% of its electricity mix, a dramatic increase from 2017 levels. |
| 2022 | Myanmar's military leaders were barred from attending the 40th ASEAN Summit due to continued violence and non-compliance with the previously agreed 'five-point consensus'. |
| 2022 | José Ramos-Horta was re-elected and reiterated the country's desire to join ASEAN, targeting 2023 admission during Indonesia's chairmanship. |
| November 2022 | Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić announces Serbia's intention to seek cooperation with ASEAN, with support from Singapore. |
| November 2022 | Following the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh, ASEAN agreed 'in principle' to East Timor's membership and granted observer status. |
| November 14 2022 | Start of the 'State of Southeast Asia' survey conducted by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute to assess regional perspectives on Timor-Leste's ASEAN accession. |
| November 12 2022 | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged ASEAN countries to abandon neutrality and condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| July 19 2022 | ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) screening of Timor-Leste begins, with delegates meeting key government ministries and the business community. |
| July 6 2022 | ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) screening of Timor-Leste starts. |
| 2021 | Timor-Leste voted to abstain in a United Nations resolution condemning the military dictatorship in Myanmar, a decision that later prompted regret from East Timorese officials. |
| October 26 2021 | 38th ASEAN Summit held virtually in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, hosted by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah |
| April 24 2021 | ASEAN called a special Leaders Meeting in Jakarta with Myanmar's military junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, where they agreed to a 'five-point consensus' on addressing violence and facilitating dialogue in Myanmar following the military coup. |
| April 24 2021 | ASEAN Leaders' Meeting focused on COVID-19 Pandemic, external relations, and common interests, held at ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah in attendance |
| February 1 2021 | A military junta in Myanmar stages a coup d'etat, overthrowing the civilian government one day before a newly elected slate of civilian leaders was to take office. The military declares a national state of emergency, imposes martial law, arrests elected civilian leaders, and violently suppresses dissent. |
| 2020 | ASEAN's economic growth projection was 4.8%, with continued high greenhouse gas emissions and increasing coal usage in the energy mix. |
| 2020 | ASEAN Banking Integration Framework implemented, designed to expand banking services across the ASEAN intra-regional market and increase financial sector competition. |
| 2020 | The sixth edition of the ASEAN Energy Outlook was published by the ASEAN Centre for Energy, analyzing and promoting regional energy system integration. |
| June 2020 | During the Fourteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Transnational Crime, ministers agreed to strengthen measures in combating transnational crime in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular attention to the increase in piracy incidents across multiple Asian countries. |
| June 26 2020 | 36th ASEAN Summit held virtually in Hanoi, Vietnam, hosted by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| April 14 2020 | Special ASEAN summit on COVID-19 held in Hanoi, Vietnam, chaired by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to discuss pandemic response |
| 2019 | The 38th ASEAN Tourism Forum was held in Ha Long, Vietnam, involving tourism industry sectors from all 10 ASEAN member states and organized by TTG Events from Singapore. |
| 2019 | ASEAN's aggregate economy was expected to grow by 4.6%, simultaneously releasing approximately 1.5 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. |
| 2019 | Vietnam began its rapid adoption of solar and wind energy, emerging as a regional leader in renewable energy transition. |
| 2019 | ASEAN population reached approximately 655 million people, representing 8.5% of the world population. |
| 2019 | Asian Trade Centre published a report identifying ongoing challenges to ASEAN Economic Community integration, particularly regarding non-tariff barriers. |
| 2019 | Traders developed a mechanism to avoid 70% US ethanol tariffs by importing into Malaysia, mixing with at least 40% ASEAN-produced fuel, and re-exporting to China tariff-free under ACFTA rules. |
| 2019 | First Southeast Asian Volleyball Championship established, further diversifying the ASEAN sports landscape. |
| 2019 | ASEAN demographic breakdown showed 55.2 million children aged 0-4 and 46.3 million people over 65 years old. |
| September 3 2019 | ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) screening of Timor-Leste begins. |
| July 22 2019 | Timor-Leste sends a 20-member delegation to the ASEAN Secretariat Technical Meeting to discuss accession across ASEAN's three pillars. |
| July 6 2019 | ASEAN forms a fact-finding mission to investigate Timor-Leste's eligibility and readiness to join the ASEAN Community. |
| June 2019 | New music composed and performed at the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, highlighting the cultural significance of music in ASEAN affairs. |
| June 2019 | A researcher at Johns Hopkins University recommended Palau's potential to meaningfully participate in ASEAN and suggested the United States should help Palau gain observer status through Thailand's ASEAN chairmanship. |
| June 2019 | ASEAN ministers reiterated their support for Timor-Leste's membership bid. |
| 2018 | ASEAN member states created and enforced the Maritime Security Plan of Action 2018-2020, aimed at addressing national legal enforcement capacities and establishing a common protocol to counter maritime piracy in the Pacific Ocean region. |
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