H.E. San Lwin, Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), received a courtesy call from H.E. Joanna Anderson, Ambassador of New Zealand to ASEAN, on 19 June 2026 at...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei — Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as the country’s foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle, largely seen as...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) convened the 25th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on 27-28 April 2026 in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam....

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Ms. Keiko Miwa, Division Director for Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Papua...

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia initiated a United Nations -backed dispute resolution process on Tuesday with neighbor Thailand over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of...

Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Satvinder Singh, delivered the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony for ASEAN-Korea HPC Facility in Indonesia on 18 June 2026 at the National Research...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Ms. Keiko Miwa, Division Director for Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste of...

VIENTIANE — Rescuers called off their search Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the...

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 2/2025 from 7 to 10 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The...

Senior Officials of ASEAN Member States and China met on 21 May 2026 in Kuala Lumpur for the 26th ASEAN-China SOM-DOC, which was held consecutively with the 32nd ASEAN-China Senior...

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia said Monday it had ended a search for passengers of a migrant boat from Indonesia that sank off the country's western coast last week after the...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with Ms. Keiko Miwa, Division Director for Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Pacific Islands, Papua...

NEW DELHI — India gave a red-carpet welcome to Myanmar’s junta leader turned president, Min Aung Hlaing, on Monday, on his first trip abroad...

The 44th Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) and its Associated Meetings were convened virtually from 15–18 June 2026 under the Chairmanship of the Department of Energy of the...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 18 June 2026, participated in the ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit, in Kazan, Russia, on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of ASEAN-Russia relations....

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, delivered the Opening Keynote and participated in the Opening Plenary on “Steering Global Transition from the Heart...

DBS Group said on Monday it would open 18 new wealth centers across Asia by the end of 2027 and upgrade 36 existing centers...

BANGKOK — Thailand's former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has met the conditions for a royal pardon as part of a clemency measure marking the queen's birthday, the country’s justice chief...

BANGKOK — Heavy rains threatened to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos on Sunday, after the rescue of five other people who were...

At the invitation of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President of Viet Nam, H.E. Tô...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, this afternoon shared his thoughts and perspectives in an interview by the Vietnamese Television (VTV1) news, on...