Asean member states appear intent to stand down on China until they see how the Trump 2.0 administration will deal with ...

Malaysia could be adopting strategic ambiguity over its informal ASEAN advisers so they could negotiate sensitive situations ...

Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn has dismissed concerns over the relevance of the regional bloc, saying that all member states continue to view Asean as a fundamental part of their foreign policy ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping that aims to promote economic and security cooperation among its ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia ...

ASEAN members Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei are locked in maritime disputes with China over its claims of sovereignty over virtually all of the South China Sea, one of the world ...

Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

Malaysia's chairmanship of Asean should be seen as an "opportunity” rather than a cause for scepticism, said Petaling Jaya ...

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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international ...