Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Malaysia has appointed a new ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to try and implement the regional bloc’s stalled peace plan for the war-torn country.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea.

With much of the world focusing on other geopolitical issues, the Rohingyas hope that their plight will not be forgotten.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) under the Philippine chairmanship in 2026 will try to play a larger role on issues besetting the region, including on the Myanmar crisis and the South China Sea,

Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's military government to prioritize a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday.

ASEAN's fifth envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Othman Hashim, appointed during the bloc's meeting of foreign ministers.

Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea. The retreat on the idyllic northern resort island of Langkawi was the first ...

Preparations are well underway for the Philippines’ chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2026, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Enrique Manalo said, admitting that “key issues” such as the South China Sea and Myanmar will be among the topics.

Malaysia’s House of Representatives Speaker Johari Abdul, is calling for more unity and cooperation among the 11-member nations/states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN, which comprises almost 700 million people.

A Malaysian court has fined a Singaporean influencer for falsely claiming that she was nearly kidnapped at a mall near the border with Singapore. A post by beauty influencer Amyra Laila Ho went viral after she claimed that a couple tried to abduct her after forcing her to sniff tea leaves that left her feeling dizzy and numb.