US President Donald Trump has a record of disinterest in ASEAN, and no one is sure if he will turn up for the ASEAN Summit, scheduled in October, but his shadows certainly loom wide. The US policies ...

Jakarta—The Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat held Jan. 18 to 19 in Langkawi, Malaysia, presents a crucial opportunity for Asean to shift its approaches in addressing the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s appointment of two former prime ministers as “special advisors” points to a gap between his ...

There has been considerable hype around Malaysia taking over the chairmanship of Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN this year, with ...

Beyond the mundane 44 paragraphs of the Chairman's Statement of the Asean Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, there are crucial elements worth mentioning and following up on.As the Myanmar crisis enters ...

At the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi on Sunday, Malaysia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamad Hasan said that Myanmar’s military government should focus on restoring peace ...

After three years of failed diplomacy, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has upped the ante and warned the military junta in Myanmar to end the civil war and allow the free flow of ...

Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday (Jan 19) its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war should not be its priority ...

The ASEAN foreign ministers held a two-day unofficial meeting on the Malaysian island of Langkawi on Saturday and Sunday. Malaysia holds this year's ASEAN presidency. Myanmar's permanent secretary ...

“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told a press conference after a ministerial retreat on the island of Langkawi. “We told them the election is ...

LANGKAWI: The priority of Myanmar’s military government should be to reinstate peace and not hold elections that would further foster divisions in the war-torn country, said Malaysia’s Foreign ...