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Thailand is quickening the registration of geographical indication for its products in four countries to prevent foreign sellers from claiming they make the products.

The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand on May 3 reported thousands of new COVID-19 cases, while Indonesia announced that it detected several new infections of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in Jakarta.

Foreign ministries of Singapore and Malaysia on May 2 said the 10th meeting between Prime Ministers of the two countries has been postponed to later this year due to COVID-19.

A solution to the Myanmar issue can be worked out in the "Association of Southeast Asian Nations way,"

Malaysia Airlines will trial the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass, involving passengers on flights from Kuala Lumpur to London between April 29 and May 27.

The Second ASEAN Sectoral Bodies and the Stakeholders Consultative Workshops on the Consolidated Strategy on the Fourth Industrial Revolution for ASEAN took place on April 27 and 29, respectively, via videoconference.

International public opinion has criticized the Coast Guard Law of China, saying that China uses the law to legalise its coast guard force’s use of violence to serve the country’s unilateral sovereignty claim in the East Sea.

Indonesia and the UK have completed a Joint Trade Review and inked a memorandum of understanding on the formation of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee.

A helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashed offshore Getafe city in Bohol province of the Philippines on April 27, killing one and injuring three others.

Indonesian and Cambodian newspapers have run articles highlighting the significance of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s first trip to Indonesia where he attended the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting.

Following is the full text of the Chairman’s Statement on ASEAN Learders’ Meeting which was held in Jakarta on April 24.

Cambodia on April 23 recorded 654 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the total number of infections to nearly 9,000.