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Traditional principles are clashing with urgent need for coordinated response to the threat of transnational crime, say ...
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN has agreed that an election in Myanmar was not a priority and is urging the country's ruling ...
Foreign minister Mohamad Hasan says that he will present the wishlist when he heads to Naypyidaw in two months.
YANGON -- Myanmar's military is pressing ahead with a plan to hold a general election in the next six months, despite ...
ASEAN leaders take part in the bloc’s special summit on Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2021. Credit: INFOFOTO Brunei “ASEAN’s failure to move beyond its moribund consensus should ...
Myanmar's generals have been barred from high-level ASEAN meetings since last year, after the army ousted Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in a February 2021 coup, detaining ...
For most world leaders, tariff letters from US President Donald Trump mean a big headache. But for one Southeast Asian ...
Southeast Asian countries should do more to combat the rise of trafficking of individuals who are recruited illegally to work ...
ASEAN itself faces a dilemma: Thailand and Vietnam, supported by Cambodia and Laos, have advocated for accepting the coup, in line with ASEAN’s traditional focus on non-interference.Indonesia, ...
As Myanmar gears up to host this weekend’s ASEAN Regional Forum, it may find that its role is both a blessing and a curse. While Myanmar welcomes its chance in the spotlight as ASEAN Chair, that ...
Myanmar’s military junta said Saturday it was “extremely disappointed” with a decision by Southeast Asian foreign ministers to exclude its leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming summit ...