While a proposed set of words was put to the East Asia summit by ASEAN, The Australian understands ... East conflict – brought into question the forum’s effectiveness.

Therefore several countries – especially the United States, Japan, and India – want to deepen their security ties with ASEAN nations. The summit was billed as being primarily a forum for ...

A gathering of Sri Lankan literary powerhouses The South Asian Art and Literature Festival (SALA 2024) hosted a gathering of ...

While recent surveys show growing ASEAN support for the Quad, scepticism remains, particularly among countries with closer ties to China. To build trust and cooperation, the Quad should establish a ...

Nguyen Viet Chi, Deputy Director General of the Multilateral Trade Policy Department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, highlighted ASEAN’s significance as a key multilateral forum 29 years after ...

The Philippine government has initiated talks with Southeast Asian nations party to the South China Sea to fast-track progress on the negotiation of a code of conduct (COC) in the disputed sea, the ...

MOSCOW, November 1. /TASS/. The 'World of Opportunities: Russia-ASEAN' International Business Forum will take place in Malaysia at the end of November, with the participants of the event to ...

The face-to-face talks – held on the sidelines of an Asean regional forum in Laos – came just days after China announced anti-dumping measures against European brandy imports. Beijing’s ...

VIENTIANE - The ASEAN bloc remains a "stabilising force" in Southeast Asia despite making only incremental progress on key issues, including Myanmar's civil war and the drafting of a code of ...

Oct. 12 (UPI) --Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced mutually beneficial trade and defensive agreements with representatives of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Blinken and ...

Dr. Muhammad Khan (IR Expert): ASEAN is not just a regional forum now which consists of its 10+ member states, but it has been expanded into a large forum in which there are some 29 to 30 countries, ...

VIENTIANE, Laos—On his first overseas visit after taking office, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba arrived here on the morning of Oct. 10 to attend a series of meetings with ASEAN. He attended the ...