Brunei joined the United Nations in September 1984.

Since then, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia also have joined ASEAN.

In 1993, OCS started accepting two foreign officer candidates from the Royal Brunei Armed Forces which joined the Officer Candidate Course " Balikatan " Class 12-94.

Aside from relations with other ASEAN states, Brunei also has extensive relations with the Islamic and Arab world.

Toshiki Kaifu's much publicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations — Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines — culminated in a 3 May major foreign policy address in Singapore, in which he called for a new partnership with the ASEAN and pledged that Japan would go beyond the purely economic sphere to seek an " appropriate role in the political sphere as a nation of peace.

* 1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ).

It has developed increasingly close ties with other ASEAN members — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam — whose foreign and economic ministers hold annual meetings.

It has developed increasingly close ties with other ASEAN members — Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam — whose foreign and economic ministers hold annual meetings.

* January 7 – Brunei becomes the 6th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ).

Australia has devoted particular attention to relations between developed and developing nations, with emphasis on the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) — Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei — and the island states of the South Pacific.

After the independence of Brunei from the United Kingdom on 1 January 1984, services commenced to Jakarta on 3 January, thus linking all five ASEAN capital cities at the time – Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Singapore – to Brunei.

It was the venue of the pre-qualifiers of the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship or ASEAN Cup, in which the Philippines, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Brunei and Laos participated.

When the AFTA agreement was originally signed, ASEAN had six members, namely, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Tutong has the largest lake in Brunei, Tasek Merimbun, which is declared as an ASEAN Heritage Park.

All teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation ( AFF ) participated with the exception of Brunei.

The partners are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, European Commission and ASEAN Secretariat.

Students with good academic results from the People's Republic of China, Brunei and the ASEAN region are also invited to join the school.

The U. S. welcomed Brunei Darussalam's full independence from the United Kingdom on January 1, 1984, and opened an embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan on that date.

The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1 % of Borneo's land area.

During the great fire, hotspots could be seen on satellite images and the haze thus created affected the surrounding countries of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

The members of the P4 ( Chile, Singapore, New Zealand, and Brunei ) also plan to conclude a chapter on finance and investment in 2008.

good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay ; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei ; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations

Disputes-international: maritime boundary with Cambodia not defined ; involved in a complex dispute over the Spratly Islands with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), Republic of China ( ROC ), Malaysia, Philippines, and possibly Brunei ; maritime boundary with Thailand resolved in August 1997 ; maritime boundary dispute with the PRC in the Gulf of Tonkin resolved in 2000 ; Paracel Islands occupied by the PRC but claimed by Vietnam and the ROC ; offshore islands and sections of boundary with Cambodia are in dispute ; agreement on land border with the People's Republic of China was signed in December 1999.

* 5, 770 km < sup > 2 </ sup > — Brunei, country on the island of Borneo

Wearing swim suits, fins, and dive masks on combat operations, these " Naked Warriors " saw action across the Pacific in every major amphibious landing including: Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, Ulithi, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and on 4 July 1945 at Balikpapan on Borneo, which was the last UDT demolition operation of the war.

The history of Brunei before the arrival of Magellan's ships is based mostly on speculation and the interpretation of Chinese sources and local legends.

The greater part of the official historical record for early Brunei until the arrival of Pigafetta is based on legends and assumptions.

From 1565 on, Spanish and Brunei forces engaged in a number of naval skirmishes, and in 1571 the Spanish succeeded in capturing Manila from the Brunei aristocracy that had been established there.

They were so weakened by the illness that they decided to abandon Brunei to return to Manila on 26 June 1578, after just 72 days.

Habitation on the banks of the Brunei River can be traced back to the 8th century where there had been settlements similar to those in Kt, located on areas close to the present site of the Brunei Museum.

Seri Begawan was named after the Sultan's late father Omar Ali Saifuddien on 5 October 1970, its original name being Bandar Brunei or Brunei Town.

Bandar Seri Begawan is located at 4 ° 53 ' 25 " N, 114 ° 56 ' 32 " E, on the northern bank of the Brunei River.

:: Located away from on the banks of Sungei Brunei behind the department store Soon Lee Megamart at Mile One, Jalan Tutong, the Royal Mausoleum and the graveyard have been used by succeeding generations of sultans.

Royal Brunei Airlines then suspended services to Darwin on 26 January 2008, after serving the route for 24 years.

This came off the back of the latest tourism figures of 3, 459 European holiday visitor arrivals from January – August 2007, according to Brunei Tourism.

It was adapted as the national anthem of Brunei Darussalam upon independence from the United Kingdom, and was sung as the national anthem of the independent state at the stroke of midnight 1 January 1984.

* Private concert for the Prince of Brunei, January 2005

Von Overbeck managed to get a 10-year renewal of the lease from the Temenggong of Brunei, and a similar treaty from the Sultan of Sulu on 22 January 1878.

The design was retained when the country gained full independence on 1 January 1984 as Brunei Darussalam ( State of Brunei, Abode of Peace ).

Brunei achieved its independence on 1 January 1984 as promised by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien.

A company of a British Army Gurkha battalion stationed in Brunei and two accompying Army Air Corps helicopters was offered to the Indonesian government in January 2005 to aid in efforts on the island of Sumatra.