ASEAN

Thursday’s summit meetings between leaders of Southeast Asia and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will focus on the contentious South China Sea, following months of worsening conflicts between Beijing’s vessels and Filipino and Vietnamese fisherman. Following a...

On Tuesday, Australia announced its intentions to increase its investment in Southeast Asia, allocating US$1.3 billion to support commerce in a region experiencing growing economic power. The financing was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during...

When a regional group of foreign ministers meets this week, Malaysia is expected to take the lead in pushing for harder sanctions against Myanmar as resentment toward the junta for blocking crisis resolution efforts grows. While...

Dr. AK Abdul Momen, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister, has requested Indonesia’s support for Bangladesh’s ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner nomination, citing Dhaka’s long-standing commercial links with other Southeast Asian countries. According to a foreign ministry news statement, he...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomes the appointment of Erywan Yusof, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Darussalam as Special Envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair on Myanmar. This appointment is an...

To boost the regional recovery in the post-COVID 19 era, ASEAN should accelerate its digital integration which has the potential to generate a US $1 Trillion uplift in GDP by 2025, said Dr. Aladdin D. Rillo, Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN...

News Hour: A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighbouring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, according to cybersecurity...

News Hour State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam today sought ASEAN member countries’ support in favour of Bangladesh’s initiative to become Sectoral Dialogue Partner of the regional body, reports Reuters. He sought the cooperation as...