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Countries in the region are joining hands and building up resources, such as in vaccine production, to prepare for the next pandemic. They do not want to be caught off guard by future health crises. Health representatives from Asean…

The ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace, and Security (ASEAN RPA on WPS) – which outlines ways to implement the four main pillars of the WPS agenda – has been launched by the bloc in collaboration with the US Agency for…

Countries eye strained ties between the US and China with major international summits in the Asia-Pacific region. Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for unity, respect and multilateralism at a summit that included China, Russia…

ASEAN members need to work together and avoid allowing the region to be split amid growing major power rivalry, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday. This means the South-east Asian bloc of nations must remain open and inclusive…

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has proposed to leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) that representatives of the Myanmar military be barred from the bloc’s functions beyond big ticket summits, he said Friday.…

ASEAN leaders are meeting this week for the first in-person official meeting in almost three years, as the 40th and 41st ASEAN summits get under way. The meetings have been held virtually since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the…

Ukraine, trying to fend off Russia’s invasion, signed the instrument of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South-east Asia on Thursday. A total of 50 parties have now joined ASEAN’s peace pact, which was originally signed…

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday to seek a consensus in making any decision to address violence in Myanmar, which has been under military rule since a February 2021 coup. "The meeting…

Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has again urged ASEAN to engage with Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG) to help resolve the country's political crisis, after hosting a meeting with the shadow government's leaders on…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday called on ASEAN to lead the way in bringing peace to the region amid the "volatile time in geopolitics", during his first overseas trip since taking office in June. In a joint statement…