{"id":20482,"date":"2026-02-17T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=20482"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:53:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:53:30","slug":"feb-17-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=20482","title":{"rendered":"Feb 17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 17 February 2026, participated in a Dialogue hosted by the Hertie School Governance, The University of Governance in Berlin, in collaboration with Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), as part of his working visit to Germany. 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