COMMENT | There has been considerable hype around Malaysia taking over the chairmanship of Southeast Asian bloc Asean this year, with pundits focusing on the leadership and vision of Prime ...

Southeast Asian nations have told Myanmar’s military government its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority, urging it to start dialogue and end ...

What went viral was his inability to name a single country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). For some Southeast Asian observers, this may be another example of American ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- ASEAN is grappling with the threat of disunity, as Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto appear to prioritize personal ambitions over the ...

Mohamad was speaking during a press conference at the conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi, where the bloc also discussed ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Malaysia's has appointed diplomat Othman Hashim as the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN's special envoy on the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, its foreign minister ...

ASEAN foreign ministers and officials pose for a photo at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia, January 19, 2025. Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia Southeast ...

LANGKAWI-Asean needs to double down on regional integration to enhance the grouping’s competitiveness, especially at a time when changes to geopolitical structures and economic policy are taking ...

ASEAN urges unhindered humanitarian access in Myanmar Malaysia appoints envoy for Myanmar crisis Bloc calls for South China Sea code to be expedited LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Jan 19 (Reuters ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines is expected to remain among the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia this year, according to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Plus 3 ...

The new normal for any ASEAN Chair is the expectation of having to manage a crisis, if not multiple crises, amid an increasingly hostile geopolitical environment. The Myanmar conflict and South China ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia - Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an ...