Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...

In a recent interview with the Financial Times in London during his visit to the United Kingdom, Malaysian Prime Minister ...

Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to power no ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Standing at a new starting point, ASEAN is now in a better position to understand that it has no reason not to keep good relations with its neighbors, including China, and that no external forces ...

Mr. Sugiono also encouraged the group to enhance its mechanism and the capacity of its various bodies to play a proactive ...

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) was convened on 19 January 2025 in Langkawi, Malaysia. It was the first major meeting under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2025, with the theme ...

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) discussed developments in the South China Sea (SCS), ...

Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point Consensus ASEAN drew up after the coup.

Malaysia is committed to addressing regional issues, but expectations on Myanmar and the advancing of talks on a code of ...

ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn said some of the foreign ministers on Jan. 19 also "called for the release of Madam ...

Myanmar remains one of the region’s most pressing challenges, demanding ASEAN’s collective attention and decisive action to ...