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 ...

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 ...

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 appeared to be a done deal. During their summit on May 26, Asean leaders agreed to admit Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional bloc. Since then, Nay Pyi Taw has raised an unexpected ...

ASEAN has been challenged by internal conflicts and increased rivalry between the United States and China, yet it continues to work towards maintaining strategic autonomy and avoiding regional ...

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 – ...

East Timor has joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the bloc’s 11th member state in a move Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hailed as a “dream realised”. The flag of East Timor, ...

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