Jakarta, Feb. 23 -- JAKARTA, 23 February 2026 -

The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Satvinder Singh, today officiated the Opening Ceremony of the First Training programme under the

Korea Initiatives for Capacity and Knowledge Support Towards ASEAN Readiness of Timor-Leste (KICKSTART)

Project.

The ceremony was attended by Hahm Jeong-han, Charge d'Affaires of the Mission of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to ASEAN, Crisogno Leandro de Araujo, Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to ASEAN, Lee Sangmin, Team Leader of the ASEAN-Korea Cooperation Fund (AKCF) Project Management Team, and representatives from the ASEAN Secretariat.

Funded by the ROK Government...