Jakarta cannot wait passively for Timor-Leste and PNG to “catch up”, but must proactively shepherd these nations into ASEAN’s institutional, political and economic architecture instead.

China is already deepening ties with Southeast Asia and Middle East, and may even be paving way for a powerful new ‘Asian Union’, analysts say.

The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN on Tuesday announced an ambitious strategic plan that includes harmonising trade standards and greater financial integration in an effort to collectively become the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should go further in its integration efforts, including aiming to be "100 per cent tariff-free" within its free trade area, said ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Asean countries must redouble efforts to deepen the grouping’s integration in a world where multilateralism and globalisation are in retreat, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said ...

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While economists do not expect ASEAN countries to suffer recession as a result of the tariffs, the impact could sting the leaders of Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, all of whom have ...

As one of the most prominent Chinese female artists following Pan Yu-Lin, she has become a significant representative of Asian modernism in the 20th century. This Retrospective exhibition takes place ...

As the Asean Chair for 2025, Malaysia has called for strengthened Asean-India collaboration in key areas, including cybersecurity, digital governance, trade, and sustainable development, in line ...

ASEAN summit invites China, Gulf states amid tariffs threat Thomas Kohlmann 03/09/2025 The Southeast Asian trade bloc has invited China and several Arab states to a joint summit in Kuala Lumpur in ...