Negotiations for the Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), the region's first comprehensive digital economy pact, ...

Today, we gather to confront, with unity and resolve, the repercussions of the situation in the Middle East,' says Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The war in the Middle East has hit Southeast Asia’s energy, fertiliser and food supply simultaneously, prompting new regional solutions - but turning them into action could prove difficult, say ...

Facing its gravest economic crisis in years, ASEAN convened its leaders’ summit amid expectations that its member states might finally be able to unite on an energy plan. Instead, the grouping again ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers the opening remarks at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: Afiq Hambali/ Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia In the ...

Don’t let the polite headlines fool you. When Timor-Leste was welcomed as the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the 47th Summit in Kuala Lumpur, the fanfare obscured ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Timor-Leste will become Asean’s 11th member state, with full membership to be granted at the next regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur later in 2025. Announcing this at a press conference ...

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Timor-Leste is rejoicing after taking one step closer to joining the Southeast Asian regional bloc, after a unanimous declaration of support by member states at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

The bloc will reportedly not send observers to the military-administered elections planned for December, but is likely to accept the new status quo that emerges. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ...