When and what is the ASEAN Summit 2025? What to know as Trump arrives

President Donald Trump, during his trip to Asia, will participate in the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia before making stops in ...

Southeast Asian nations missing from push to protect 30% of planet

A growing global push to safeguard nature by pledging to protect about a third of the planet's land and oceans by 2030 will ...

China and ASEAN, hit by US tariffs, sign upgraded free trade pact

China and the ASEAN bloc of Southeast Asian nations signed an upgrade to their free trade agreement on Tuesday, with leaders ...
The Economist

At long last, Timor-Leste joins ASEAN

The former Portuguese colony, once called East Timor, has come a long way since 2002, when it gained independence from ...
The Diplomat

Vietnam Joins ASEAN Neighbors in Denouncing Chinese Map

An aerial view of the Sansha city on the Chinese-occupied Woody Island, part of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Vietnam has joined three other Southeast Asian governments in denouncing a ...
NBC Washington

Question on ASEAN stumped Hegseth. What is it and why is it important?

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...
Upstream

Formal protest: Asean members reject new Chinese map of disputed South China Sea areas

Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam — three members of the 10-strong Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) — have formally disputed a new Chinese map that claims most of the South China Sea ...