THE Philippines’ chairship of Asean this year comes at a critical time when security and geopolitical tensions continue to impact global trade and investments, while economic giants resort to tariffs ...

The bloc convened a meeting with its South-East Asian counterparts aimed at developing safe, secure and interoperable communications among the defence establishments of member states of the ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a pact ...

ILOILO CITY — The Philippine government will advocate for a stronger Digital Economy Framework Agreement among member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as it advances the ...

While ASEAN's status as an invited guest in the G20 affords the bloc some influence, permanent membership would give it crucial consensus-building power. ASEAN is important both economically and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam's Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung, Philippine Foreign ...

Timor-Leste, Southeast Asia’s smallest economy, is now ASEAN’s newest member. On Oct 26, the regional body voted in the island nation as its eleventh member at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...