He is a key leader in the Southeast Asia region but also widely respected around the world.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with His Majesty Sultan of Brunei | The White House
Less than 2% of the population currently owns automobiles, which is a much smaller proportion than the rest of the Southeast Asia region.
According to Rakuten Malaysia CEO Masaya Ueno , it is the first venture in Southeast Asia region where Rakuten enters the market without any local partner.
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His Majesty himself and Brunei have helped to finance a number of English language instructors so that more youth in the Southeast Asia region are learning English, which obviously can help to expand commerce, but also strengthen the ties between the United States and the region.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with His Majesty Sultan of Brunei | The White House
It provides stability for the whole of Southeast Asia, a region of more than half a billion people.
We also hope to contribute to creating a region in East Asia, in Southeast Asia, and especially in Asia Pacific, to become a region that is stable and productive.
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It focuses on sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia and the Andean region.
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We commemorated the 35th Anniversary of ASEAN-U.S. Relations, noting with satisfaction the strengthening and deepening of ASEAN-U.S. cooperation, which has contributed to peace, stability, prosperity and resiliency in Southeast Asia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
The EAS was launched in 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing together leaders of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six other Asia-Pacific region countries.
The vast region that makes up East, South, and Southeast Asia is quickly developing into a mobile social powerhouse due to its enormous (and increasingly developed) population.
Hongkong Bank points out that the special administrative region's product mix does not overlap much with Southeast Asia's, limiting competition.
This year, Southeast Asia has accounted for 17% of revenue in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan in core investment banking, up from 15% for all of last year.
We took note of the U.S. initiative on Southeast Asia Maritime Partnership (SAMP) that aims to enhance maritime cooperation in the region.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
In Southeast Asia, meanwhile, trading volume has surged as markets have pushed higher and the region's tycoons have engineered multibillion-dollar mergers.
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Commissions from trading bonds or stocks in Southeast Asia are also between 20% and 40% higher than in the rest of the region, including China, according to McKinsey.
Even in Singapore, as middle class as it gets in Southeast Asia, the fact that a booming economy leaves many behind isn't lost on this region.
Across the region, there is a growing suspicion that in the rush to cash in on Southeast Asia's health-care boom, some operators are less than scrupulous about maintaining medical standards.
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