There’s something alluring about purple food. Maybe that's one of many the reasons why ube (pronounced ooh-bay), the heirloom produce of the Philippines, has been a flavor celebrated in the food world ...

VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) -Southeast Asian leaders met in Laos on Wednesday for a summit expected to seek ways address the worsening civil war in Myanmar, with Thailand calling for heightened ...

As the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in July came to an end, questions about the futility of the organization remained. Initiated by China as the Shanghai Five in 1996, the ...

It was only recently that I heard the ASEAN anthem for the first time and realized how beautiful its message is, how appropriate it is for the times.

As the geopolitical contours of the wider Asia-Pacific shift, ASEAN’s role as the central manager of regional affairs is ...

The concept of ASEAN Centrality has been questioned due to increasing rivalry between the United States and China. Despite its limitations — particularly in conflict resolution — ASEAN Centrality ...

Signed in 1976, ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation was ASEAN's first legally binding treaty and serves as its organisational pillar. It drives the ASEAN traditions of non-interference, peaceful ...

A Malaysian official raises the country’s flag ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: MOFA Malaysia Kuala Lumpur is under a tight security lockdown this week – ...

BANGKOK, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian leaders hold their annual summit in Thailand this weekend, worried that the worst global financial crisis in decades will derail their export-driven ...

MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - As Philippine Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario began to raise the sensitive issue of the South China Sea at one of last week's Asian summit meetings, his microphone ...

What’s going on at Camp North End recently? Sourdough pizza and Korean barbecue restaurants will open, and popular ramen and burger spots are closing at the Charlotte destination spot. Blasian Asian ...