The city-has few vested interests, has the infrastructure to support the movement of high-profile people, and is already Asia’s financial capital. And what’s wrong with Jakarta?

Despite Indonesia’s plan to move its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, the ASEAN Secretariat is to remain in Jakarta, ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi has said, likening the city to New ...

Lapu-Lapu City will serve as one of the host cities for the upcoming ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) Summit ...

Indonesia's capital city of Jakarta hosts a two-day meeting of chiefs from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member country capitals aiming at increasing cooperation.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging Asean to strengthen the regional capital market and trade connectivity to counter US tariffs.According to Pornchai Thiraveja, director-general of ...

Southeast Asian nations on Sunday established a formal community that attempts to create freer movement of trade and capital in an area of 625 million people with a combined economic output of $2. ...

Myanmar's junta has also resumed using death sentences after a decades-long pause. Cambodia and the Philippines are the only ASEAN members to have fully abolished capital punishment.

A Singaporean company shows its toy products at the China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, capital city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sept 10, 2021.

Enhancing liveability within the major urban areas of South--East Asia was on the agenda as civic leaders of some ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) capitals met in Laos Tuesday.

The month of August is festive to all citizens in Indonesia, as the South-East Asian nation celebrates its Independence Day on the 17th, with patriotic anthems heard in public places across the ...

VIENTIANE: Preparations are underway for Laos to host the 44th and 45th Asean Summits and related meetings, with authorities across several sectors preparing to welcome leaders and delegates ...