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.

Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to power no matter the cost.

The UN says hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked to scam centers in Southeast Asia since the COVID-19 pandemic

Users on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu asked if it was safe to travel to Thailand while a Hong Kong singer-actor canceled his Bangkok concert.

Hong Kong’s security authorities have dispatched another team of officials to assist a local man who was said to be trapped in Thailand after he was released from a scam compound in Myanmar. Former district councillor Andy Yu Tak-po,

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar ...

From left to right, Laos's Foreign Affairs Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary ... a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign ...

The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) announces the second edition of Catapult: Inclusion Southeast Asia, an acceleration program dedicated to advancing financial inclusion across the ASEAN region.

The junta said over 55,000 foreigners involved in scams have been deported since October 2023. Over 53,000 were Chinese, with Vietnamese and Thais the next most numerous.

The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political dialogue.

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Some 55,000 foreigners, including more than 53,000 Chinese, involved in border scams deported since October 2023