Jakarta - Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will discuss the formulation of the ASEAN Post-2025 Vision towards ASEAN 2045 in the 42nd High Level Conference (KTT) in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara on May 9-11.
Based on the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jakarta on Friday, the ASEAN Post-2025 Vision towards ASEAN 2045 is currently being compiled by the High Level Task Force on ASEAN Community Post-2025 (HLTF-ACV) before being discussed in the Summit later.
At the meeting with the HLTF-ACV on May 10, ASEAN leaders will give instructions so that the ASEAN vision that is being prepared is visionary, inspiring, comprehensive, robust, and inclusive.
Further, the ASEAN Coordination Council (ACC) will give approval in principle(in-principle endorsement) of the ASEAN vision plan that has been compiled at his meeting with HLTF-ACV in September.
"Furthermore, it is hoped that this document can be confirmed in 2025," said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As part of the process of compiling the Post-2025 ASEAN Vision, ASEAN leaders are also expected to confirm a joint statement on the Development of the Post-2025 ASEAN Community Vision at the 42nd Summit later.
"Through this confirmation, it is hoped that the ASEAN Post-2025 process will be organizedstrengthened and it can also be ensured that the vision of ASEAN Post-2025 will be truly visionary, ambitious, adaptive, and strategic," reads the content of the statement.
Indonesia will have its turn to become ASEAN Leader in 2023.
There are two major themes that Indonesia will carry in its leadership this year , namely "ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth" or ASEAN Important: Center for Growth.
There are three important elements in the meaning of ASEAN Matters, namely the strengthening of ASEAN capacity and effectiveness, ASEAN unity, and ASEAN centrality.
While under the Epicentrum of Growth pillar, Indonesia strives to ensure important elements in the area consisting of health architecture, energy security, food security, and financial stability.
FATF “Indonesia Bans North Korean Bank Account Opening After 2018”
Anchor : It has been found that Indonesia has banned North Koreans from opening new bank accounts since 2018 as part of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing . Reporter Cho Jin-woo reports .
On the 27th , the FATF released the ' Mutual Assessment Report on Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention ' for Indonesia and said, " Indonesian banks have not accepted new customers linked to North Korea since 2018. " it is
According to Indonesian authorities, the current North Koreans with bank accounts are former North Korean diplomats and their families, who have seven accounts . However, it was found that there are no North Korean customers in financial institutions other than banks .
Indonesian authorities said North Korean diplomats and their families working in Jakarta are making financial transactions through existing bank accounts, but they are tracking their transactions .
He added, " If the transaction partner is from North Korea or has a residence in North Korea , we ask the bank to block related transactions and not to do business with potential customers in these countries ( North Korea ) . "
The International Anti-Money Laundering Organization said that Indonesia has financial and trade transactions with North Korea, but that direct export and import activities with North Korea were insufficient during this evaluation period.
However, it was pointed out that such financial and trade activities with North Korea could lead to violations of UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea (Nos. 2270 , 2375 , 2321 , and 2371 ).
In addition, the International Anti-Money Laundering Organization added that Indonesia is geographically close to North Korea and has historically maintained bilateral relations, exposing it to North Korea-related financial activities and the possibility of sanctions evasion .
In this report, Indonesia said, “Although 197 proliferation finance ( PF) reports have been submitted, none of them are related to North Korea . ” revealed .
In addition, Indonesia reported to the International Anti-Money Laundering Organization that “ all North Korea-related individuals and organizations included in the United Nations sanctions against North Korea have been designated as targets of sanctions . ”
However, the International Anti-Money Laundering Organization pointed out that there are concerns about the scope of application, saying, “ It has not been applied to all individuals and organizations within the country ( North Korea ) . ”
Meanwhile, this report contains many of Indonesia's efforts to implement sanctions against North Korea.
First , Indonesia detained the North Korean cargo ship Wise Honest, which was suspected of violating the UN Security Council sanctions resolution in 2018 , and imposed a fine on the captain .
Wise Honest is owned by North Korea's Songi Transport Company, which is on the sanctions list by the United States . After Indonesia detained the Honest, it was handed over to the United States .
In addition, the report also includes the fact that Indonesia conducted a financial investigation into ' Glocom ', which was run by the General Bureau of Reconnaissance, North Korea's intelligence agency, in 2017, and found and investigated an Indonesian citizen and an organization he belonged to .
The International Anti-Money Laundering Organization publishes a report evaluating countries around the world on their anti-money laundering efforts, including sanctions against North Korea.
The age structure of migrant workers is worrying. China's economy urgently needs life-saving straws
Chinese officials released the "Monitoring and Survey Report on Migrant Workers" on Friday, in which the aging population and employment structure are worrying. In addition, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee also held an economic meeting on the same day, emphasizing again that the key to boosting the economy is "expanding demand."
The official website of the National Bureau of Statistics of China published the "2022 Migrant Workers Monitoring Survey Report" on April 28. The report shows that in 2022, there will be a total of 295.62 million migrant workers in China, an increase of 3.11 million or 1.1% over last year; among them, local migrant workers will increase by 2.4% and migrant workers will increase by 0.1%.
According to the report, the average age of migrant workers, the main labor force in China, is 42.3 years old, 47.0% of migrant workers are 40 years old and below, and 29.2% are migrant workers over 50 years old. It is worth noting that the proportion of highly educated migrant workers continues to increase. The report shows that more than half of migrant workers have a junior high school education, accounting for 55.2%; high school education accounted for 17.0%; college and above accounted for 13.7%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points.
According to China's official definition, migrant workers refer to laborers whose household registration is still in the countryside and who are engaged in non-agricultural industries locally or go out to work for 6 months or more during the year. However, Xie Tian, a professor at the Business School of the University of South Carolina in the United States, believes that in addition to the discriminatory connotations of consolidating class and restricting geographical mobility in the term Chinese migrant workers, there is also a problem with the household registration system behind the inclusion of college students as migrant workers.
Xie Tian: "In a normal society, when migrant workers enter the city, they are part of the city. The CCP's current approach is to attract them with low wages when they are needed, and kick them away when they are not needed."
The above-mentioned official report also shows that more than half of China's migrant workers are engaged in the service industry, with an average monthly income of 4,615 yuan. Among them, the average monthly income of migrant workers in the accommodation and catering industry was 3,824 yuan, an increase of 5.1%, the fastest growth rate; the highest income was in the construction industry, with an average monthly income of 5,358 yuan, an increase of 4.2%.
In the process of urban-rural transformation and urbanization that China has implemented for many years, migrant workers are not only the most grassroots labor force, but their labor rights are often violated. The problem of wage arrears for migrant workers can be seen almost everywhere. In addition, with the weak real estate and economic downturn, these migrant workers who cannot enjoy the treatment of urban residents often become the first-line unemployed.
Qin Peng, a political economist in the United States, said: "The problem of migrant workers is probably mass unemployment, because the economy is linked. Enterprises have run away, investment has decreased, and consumption has decreased. Of course, there will be fewer people in these industries. Less After that, everyone will have no money, so how can we further promote this society?"
Politburo meeting: expand demand to save the economy
The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a meeting on the 28th to analyze and study the current economic situation and economic work. The meeting mentioned that China's current demand is still insufficient, and economic transformation and upgrading are facing new obstacles. Recovering and expanding demand is the key to the continued recovery of the current economy. Qin Peng believes that the main reason for China's current economic downturn is that the people have no confidence in the future and are unwilling to take money out of their pockets.
Qin Peng: "The people themselves have no money and no confidence in the future. They are not optimistic about the future of the government. They continue to draw big cakes, and at the same time, they have very tense relations with the international community."
In Qin Peng's view, the Chinese government's slogans such as "expanding domestic demand" and "stabilizing the word" are undoubtedly looking for life-saving straws to revive the economy. "Reform" and "liberate" private enterprises.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations, China's model is approaching the Solomon Islands-silencing the sound, the white elephant, destroying the environment, and creating tears
In 2019, the CCP’s long arm targeted the Solomon Islands, an island country in the South Pacific. The newly appointed Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare suddenly ended the 36-year diplomatic relationship with Taiwan and established diplomatic relations with China instead. The ensuing infiltration , so that the simple and quiet beautiful island has undergone earth-shaking changes. Among them, Malaita, the most populous province in the country, was greatly affected. Former governor Daniel Suidani was kicked out of the provincial government and parliament for "anti-China". He recently visited the United States and accepted an exclusive interview with this station. He personally exposed how the CCP used money to infiltrate the local area, influence public opinion, government operations, and cleanse dissidents.
The Solomon Islands used to be considered a paradise. The people lived on farming and fishing. They cared for the environment and enjoyed a free life. The 2019 election had a profound impact on the history of the country. In April of that year, after Sogavare was elected Prime Minister of the country for the fourth time, he vigorously promoted the "one China" policy. He even ignored public opinion and announced in September that he would end the 36-year diplomatic relationship with Taiwan and establish diplomatic relations with China instead. It caused public grievances in the country and demonstrations everywhere, and the name of the island has been on the international news many times.
In June of the same year, Malaita, the country's most populous province, also elected Suydani as the new governor. According to Suydani’s recollection, a large number of Chinese people began to pour in at that time. They were originally concentrated in the capital Honiara to work, and gradually moved to various provinces to open shops, and even got involved in the most important logging industry in the province. Chinese companies are plundering Resource consumption not only brings damage to the environment, but also creates inequality and leads to social tearing.
One of the two major media outlets in the country was infiltrated, and the elite quickly infiltrated the government
The CCP also brought great propaganda to the outside world. Suydani said that the "Solomon Star", one of the two major media outlets in the country, quickly became a propaganda machine of the CCP. Articles by Li Ming, the Chinese ambassador to the host country, have been published many times, and everything about China is always on the front page.
Suydani said: When China started to come in, they provided the media with equipment, such as computers and other items, and one of the media even had a Chinese representative, and a leader in the media would deal with the CCP, so the news has become non-neutral , The news is biased and what is being talked about is not true.
Corruption and bribery followed. Suydani found that the CCP especially targets the country’s elites, such as people of insight and government officials, and influences them with money. Its actions are faster than any other donor partners, and they will ensure that people are “taught” and influence their thoughts.
China repeatedly tried to lure disobedience with money in exchange for removal from office
He said frankly that he had been lured by the Chinese side with money many times, one of which was more than one million Solomon dollars, but he firmly refused to join forces.
Suydani said: It has become common for them to come to my office with huge sums of money. Once I closed a Chinese store in the province because they did not operate in the province according to procedures, they gave me a lot of money and said that if they gave For your money, you know you will only be here for 4 years and the term is over, the money is for you and your children, you allow us to continue in business, we will hire more people, I say no, That's great, but the procedure is not correct and I cannot allow dishonesty to happen in my province.
The CCP began to suppress opponents. Among them, Suydani was put forward three motions of no confidence. The last time occurred in early February this year. The authorities sent military and police to "maintain stability". The vote was held in the absence of Suydani himself and the members of the parliament who supported him. , As a result, he was unanimously voted to remove him from the post of governor. The incident immediately triggered public demonstrations , and the police fired tear gas to suppress it.
Suydani said: I can say that the support of the Chinese people is behind it, because seeing how the government changed its approach, the first motion survived because the people's position is very firm, the second time was okay, but the third time The central government used patrol boats, guns and police to quell the protests, even before the motion, the police went to set up roadblocks to prevent people from coming.
Earlier this month, the Soyuz government canceled his provincial council seat on the grounds that Suydani did not support the "One China" policy and "collusion" with Taiwan, becoming the first member of the country to be DQ'd. Now I am actively appealing the DQ matter, and I am also working hard to crowdfund legal fees.
After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Institute, things have become opaque. There are more Chinese police in the country.
Suydani criticized that since the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, many practices of the government of the country have become opaque. For example, last year, China and Solomon Islands reached a bilateral security framework agreement , which attracted international attention, but he has never read the real text of the agreement, and more and more Chinese police officers have appeared in the Solomon Islands.
Suydani said: We have seen some (Chinese) police train local police, and they even went to the village to train villagers in self-defense. Not only that, but they brought vehicles and gear, some huge vehicles that we've never seen in the country, the question is, what is all this stuff for?
Visiting the United States to arouse international attention No matter how difficult the road is, I have never thought of leaving
He also pointed out that China has brought many white elephant projects to the Solomon Islands. For example, Solomon Islands will host the Pacific Games this year. The construction of the venue will inevitably have China's support behind it. to postpone parliamentary elections. Suydani believes that the election is more important to the people than the sports. One of the purposes of his visit to the United States is to hope that the international community will pay attention to the incident and put pressure on the government of the country to ensure that the election will be held as scheduled.
When asked if Suydani had thought about fleeing the country, he said that the road ahead might become more difficult, but he still chose to walk with the people. Unfortunately, under the power of China, he could no longer see the people in the province. Some people are determined to fight for democracy and freedom.
Swedish energy company AFRY leaves Burma due to military human rights violations
AFRY, a famous energy company based in Sweden, announced yesterday that they will stop their company's participation in hydropower projects to be built in Myanmar.
He said that since the military coup, the situation in Myanmar, including human rights violations, is getting worse day by day, so he decided to stop.
AFRY Company, which was established since 1895, has been working in Myanmar for more than 20 years, and it is known that it is currently involved in one of three hydropower projects.
However, all of these projects were contracted before the military takeover, and when we review our company's involvement, they are directly or indirectly related to the coup army, which violates human rights. He said that he thought about whether he was indirectly advocating or not. In the end, the AFRY company announced that it decided not to support any human rights abuses.
Electricity outages and the people of Yangon
"The current situation is completely inconvenient to work with the Yangon End Fire. So many businesses have stopped. 4 hour rotation. But those four hours are not full. All in all, we have only eight hours of light in 24 hours. Our businesses can't do anything if they don't have fire. So we have to use generators to run our business. It is difficult for some businesses to use generators. So some businesses have stopped. Nowadays, oil prices are high, and buying oil is not easy, it's difficult."
This is what a resident of Yangon told us about the electricity supply situation in Yangon. Yangon's April temperature rises to 42 degrees Celsius. Generators of all sizes can be seen on the pedestrian platforms of hot Yangon.
This situation started when there was no regular electricity supply in Myanmar. Since the coup d'état, the distribution of electricity has been insufficient, and now almost the entire city of Yangon is using the alternating lighting system. Business people in Yangon can use generators, but for ordinary people in the city, not getting regular electricity has become a big problem.
Daw Ayeye is a housewife living in Yangon. He said that it was difficult for him to do his daily household chores because he did not get regular electricity.
"The fire comes on at five o'clock in the morning and goes out at nine o'clock. When it's nine o'clock, it's an hour late. One hour to five o'clock, and one night it was nine o'clock. Once I came for four hours. I was disappointed to cook because the light was not right. Sometimes it still comes and stops. It's been a long time since I've moved there and moved here, and I've also eaten rice. Gas is also expensive, so now it's more than six thousand a pound."
Although it is an alternate lighting system, when there are frequent power outages, many homes have to install batteries and inverters. Some use home generators. Gasoline generators that can be used from 1,000 to 3,000 watts are used the most. Gasoline generators also cost an average of one liter of oil per hour, so it is difficult to use them for a long time.
"There is no fire here, so we have to do this. This inverter is from China. This battery is from India. In total, this is about a thousand dollars. If it's just because of the fire, then this doesn't need to be used for extra income. Since there was no fire, these were used as unnecessary. When there is no light, I can put this on and work when needed. But not enough. Because he is full of energy only when the fire comes. So it saves energy. Then he can't open the refrigerators. I can't open the accounts. I can only use computers and other small fans.”
Being a densely populated urban area, it is very inconvenient to not have electricity when the weather is hot. Residents living in Yangon apartments can solve the problem of not having electricity by buying and using power banks and AC/DC fan chargers.
"With everything going up in price, power outages are worse. For example, in the food industry, they have to turn on generators and work. Oil prices have also gone up. Food prices have also gone up because oil prices have gone up. Now, it's more difficult for ordinary people like you. But because you are in Yangon, you are the only one who can solve this problem. I sympathize with the people in Sagaing, Kayah Chin, where there is no fire at all.
Most of the people living in Yangon, the commercial capital, have to live without regular electricity. Electricity is in a bad condition in Yangon and some provinces are facing a situation where it is almost impossible.
The Ministry of Electricity has announced that it will not be able to distribute electricity regularly at the moment, but there is no specific information on when electricity will be restored to normal.
Now, the people of Yangon have to endure the hottest temperatures in the midst of power outages.
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