Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (Aug 2, 2025).

The year 2025 was never going to be easy for ASEAN. The region braced for greater geoeconomic pressures, rising unilateralism, internal conflicts and supply chain disruptions. ASEAN ended the year ...

In recent years, Southeast Asia has grappled with unprecedented challenges that have strained the unity and effectiveness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Heightened geopolitical ...

UN experts on Thursday welcomed the adoption of a landmark declaration promoting development and peace by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The move came at the 47 th ASEAN Summit, ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Southeast Asia finds itself in unfamiliar territory. On the surface, it has been a good year: the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur admitted Timor-Leste as the bloc’s 11th member.

Led by Malaysia, ASEAN has avoided the global temptation to engage in a tit-for-tat response to US President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs. An acute understanding of the importance of global ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allan Marks is a lawyer who covers energy, infrastructure and climate. At the 46 th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

AEF2025 is a two-day premier international event dedicated to showcasing the excellence of ASEAN universities, promoting innovation, and strengthening collaboration within the ASEAN countries and ...

Singapore and Malaysia navigated 2025’s trade uncertainty relatively well, allowing their central banks to ease only modestly. FX–equity correlations remain a common investor question. In Singapore ...