JAKARTA, April 15 -- ASEAN and the Republic of Korea (ROK) reaffirmed commitment to further strengthen their strategic partnership and enhance cooperation at the 6th ASEAN-ROK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting held on 12 April at the ASEAN Secretariat.
Both sides acknowledged the significant progress made in the implementation of the Plan of Action 2016-2020 with a large number of activities and projects implemented to address more than 88% of the identified areas of cooperation. They took note of the progress in non-traditional security, trade, transportation, agriculture, environment, culture and arts, and people to people exchanges. Both sides also agreed to further enhance cooperation in areas such as education, disaster manage...