{"id":21085,"date":"2026-04-09T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=21085"},"modified":"2026-04-09T03:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T03:21:48","slug":"apr-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/?p=21085","title":{"rendered":"Apr 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 9 April 2026 delivered pre-recorded remarks at the Amity Circle Retreat IV held in Ha Noi, Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his remarks, Dr. Kao highlighted ASEAN\u2019s progress since 2025, including the adoption of ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future, Timor-Leste\u2019s accession as the 11th Member of ASEAN, as well as advancing regional economic integration and digital transformation. Amidst evolving global and regional challenges, Dr. Kao reaffirmed ASEAN\u2019s commitment to strengthening its unity, resilience, and its role as a driving force in the regional architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full remarks: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MWEzrSZH22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/1d_YwWoyz2E?si=yOGYSHJ_pdbIwGd5<\/a><\/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=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"21086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm-850x478.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HFblCL4XkAAgYmm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ASEAN\/status\/2042071308893122605\/photo\/1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 9 April 2026 delivered pre-recorded remarks at the Amity Circle Retreat IV held in Ha Noi, Vietnam. In his remarks, Dr. Kao highlighted ASEAN\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21087,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21085\/revisions\/21087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaokimhourn.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}