Southeast Asian countries are increasingly looking to AI to boost jobs for lower and middle income populations. All 10 ASEAN member states have national AI strategies, increasing competition and ...

A group photo of leaders at the opening ceremony of the 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings, in Cebu, Philippines, May 8, 2026. (From left) Myanmar's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign ...

CEBU, Philippines: In a packed media conference room near the luxury beach resorts on Mactan island in central Philippines, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr made an assessment of the urgent task ahead ...

The young nation has yet to fulfill a considerable number of legal requirements, suggesting that a later timeline might be more realistic. Timor-Leste is on track for its long-awaited accession to the ...

ASEAN’s handling of the Myanmar crisis has exposed deep institutional flaws, with its strict adherence to consensus and non-interference increasingly paralysing the bloc in the face of transnational ...

How Vientiane approaches its obligations to ASEAN and its debt to China will be a key to the bloc’s fortunes in 2024. Laos took over the presidency of ASEAN in January and already faces its first ...

The 48th ASEAN Summit, the first leaders-level meeting with the Philippines as 2026 chair, is hyperfocused on discussing the bloc's response and takeaways from a disruptive war in the Gulf MANILA, ...

MANILA — The Philippines’ chairship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) does not just elevate the country’s reputation as a regional leader — it also brings in a more direct and ...