The 34th ASEAN summit, held in Bangkok, Thailand from June 20 to 23, focused on building a people-centric ASEAN community.
Trade officials from 16 nations across the Asia-Pacific region will sit down in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday, to negotiate the terms of RCEP.
ASEAN and RoK have agreed to expand their cooperation in science and technology as both are promoting sustainable growth.
The Indonesian government is seeking better market access to the Latin American region through the establishment of a working group with Argentina.
The South Korean and Malaysian governments declared the initiation of bilateral FTA negotiations on June 27.
ASEAN may stand to benefit from the trade tensions between the United States and China but these advantages will only be temporary.
Singapore's market is considered to have a huge potential for Vietnamese enterprises, with advantages such as cultural similarities, consumption trends.
The improving start-up ecosystem in Southeast Asia is nurturing more homegrown start-ups, many of which have become successful with investors now on the lookout for the next unicorn.