Myanmar on May 31 formed a 10-member committee to work on reformation of the Myanmar Peace Center (MPC) as National Reconciliation and Peace Center (NRPC), announced the President's Office. 

The Group 7 (G7) industrialized nations recently issued a joint statement on maritime security, denouncing China’s reclamation of islands in the East Sea.

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines named his Cabinet members on May 31, one day after the parliament proclaimed him as the winner in the May 9 elections.

British voters have moved toward voting to leave the European Union in next month's referendum according to two surveys by polling firm ICM, surprising investors and sending sterling sharply lower.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to announce on June 1 that the government will delay a scheduled sales tax hike by two-and-a-half years, but will likely bow to pressure from his coalition partner not to call a snap general election.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) attempted to fire a missile from its east coast on May 31 but the launch appears to have failed, the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s officials said, in what would be the latest in a string of unsuccessful ballistic missile tests by the isolated country.

Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on May 31, while the United Nations warned of peril for civilians trapped in the city and used by militants as human shields.

Indonesia is lagging behind other countries in economic development because of its own wrong policies, not because it lacks capability or potential, Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla said.

Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha declared on May 30 that he will continue the ban on politicians carrying out political activities. 

Thailand Post, which provides postal services in Thailand, is working with the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Center in establishing halal product distribution centers at various post offices across the country.

The Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have signed a Declaration of Continuity of Partnership in the Bangsamoro Peace Process to ensure the full implementation of the peace agreement they signed in 2014.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has designated August 2016 a month for women travelers, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday. 

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha stated that the Royal Project, an initiative of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, will be adopted as a model for the Government’s social business, in order to improve the people’s living conditions.

The Government Public Relations Department (PRD) celebrates its 83rd anniversary in 2016. Throughout the passage of time, its roles, duties, and structure have changed in accordance with the evolving situation of the country.

Tourism ministers from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies have agreed to develop strategies that will allow about 800 million tourists to travel across the region in 2025.

 Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on ASEAN to strengthen unity to ensure the group’s continued credibility and to maintain its central role in the region in his opening remarks at the 30th Asia-Pacific Roundtable in Kuala Lumpur on May 30. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on May 30 of reviving a 2002 Arab peace initiative that offers Israel diplomatic recognition from Arab countries in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians.

The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to step up cooperation to curb piracy, smuggling and other crimes in the Sulu Sea, the border area common to the three countries. 

On May 30, the Philippine parliament proclaimed Rodrigo Duterte the next president following his landslide win at the national election held on May 9.

The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on May 30 and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of Islamic State militants.

The Ministry of Finance of Thailand has affirmed that a National E-Payment system will be up and running by January 1 of 2017. 

Jordan's King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as caretaker prime minister on May 29 after dissolving parliament as its four-year term nears its end, and charged him with organising new elections by October.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's government on May 29 won a vote of confidence in parliament as well as approval for his legislative program, parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman said.

At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the UN Refugee agency said on May 29.

VOV.VN - Greece’s public debt crisis has seen positive developments when Eurogroup, a group of 19 finance ministers of the eurozone, reached an important agreement last week.

Thailand will loosen its grip on dissident politicians by lifting overseas travel ban faced by many of them, starting from June 1.

Servicemen from the US-led coalition are assisting Kurdish Peshmerga forces in a new offensive in Iraq that aims to retake a handful of villages from Islamic State east of their Mosul stronghold, a coalition spokesman said on May 29.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on May 28 he is planning to visit Laos in September to attend summits related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

Turkish and US-led coalition airstrikes killed 104 Islamic State militants in retaliation for the latest attack on a Turkish border province, Turkish media reported on May 28, citing military sources.

Official sources in Myanmar announced on May 27 that the country’s Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) will be reformed with State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi heading this 18 member body.