Indo-Pacific Roundup: West Africa Trade Push, Colombo Port Funding, DMZ Tech, and Language Changes
This roundup highlights Indonesia's efforts to grow exports in six West African markets and a $17 million U.S. contribution to digital upgrades at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port. It also covers South Korea's consideration of robots and drones for the DMZ, a partnership between Vanuatu's Shefa province and China's Henan, and Vietnam's plan to add Lao as an additional border-region language while expanding Khmer instruction.
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