A Pakistani national was arrested in Thailand for allegedly producing fake passports for transnational criminals and those having links with the Islamic State (IS), Thai media reported on January 16.

Pakistan has proposed buying rice from Myanmar while the Southeast Asian nation is also targeting the Pakistani market in its efforts to increase rice exports, according to local media of Myanmar.

At least three people were killed and three others were wounded when a pedestrian bridge in the south of Indonesia collapsed on September 24.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shocked west Indonesia on the morning of June 2, killing one person and injuring 14 others. The quake also damaged several houses but no tsunami warning has been issued.

Indonesia, the world’s largest population of Muslims, has denied joining the Saudi Arabian-led Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism.

Indonesia will purchase 1 million tonnes of rice from Pakistan within the next four years in an attempt to ensure food security against increasingly extreme weather.

The ASEAN Islamabad Committee (AIC) held its first meeting to discuss an action plan for 2016 in Pakistan on November 26.

Thailand and Pakistan have vowed to further strengthen their economic partnership as well as enhance mutual cooperation on tourism and education.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi held bilateral meetings with her counterparts from six countries on the fringe of the 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-48) in Kuala Lumpur on Aug.6.