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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday called on the warring sides in member nation Myanmar to stop the fighting and told its representative to allow ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn’t tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS ...

Pete Hegseth, a veteran of the Army National Guard and a Fox News host with no diplomatic or administrative experience, was asked how many countries are in Asean – the Association of Southeast ...

LANGKAWI: The Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM), set to take place on Saturday, will set the tone of Malaysia’s Asean Chairmanship throughout the year. Malaysia’s Foreign Minister ...

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 ...

A significant milestone for Asean and China’s trade relations was achieved in October last year with the substantial conclusion to the Asean-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) 3.0 negotiations, marking a ...