Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (left) posing for group photo with the South Korean President Moon Jae-in (sixth, left) and Asean country leaders during the Asean-South Korea Commemorative Summit 2019. Also present (from second, left) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith. - Bernama
BUSAN (Nov 26, ANN): South Korea and South-East Asia may have deepened ties and cooperation in numerous areas, but observers say the partnership still lacks a "legacy project" that will go down in history.
Dozens of memorandums of understanding were signed on the sidelines of the Asean-Korea Commemorative Summit in Busan this week, as South Korea seeks to step up collaboration with Asean in areas ranging from technology to logistics, security and smart cities.
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