{"id":18030,"date":"2025-11-01T08:28:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T08:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=18030"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T08:30:59","slug":"nov-1-2025-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=18030","title":{"rendered":"Nov 1, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this afternoon attended the ASEAN-US Defence Ministers\u2019 High Tea, convened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Meeting discussed the evolving security situation in the Indo-Pacific and explored ways to enhance ASEAN-US defence cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" data-id=\"18031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/01-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/01-14.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/01-14-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"18041\" 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