The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a key regional intergovernmental organization that encourages political, economic, and social cooperation among Southeast Asian nations. Since its ...

President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

IT HAS at times been hard for Banyan to be a fan of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Economist is plain-spoken; the ten-country club has an irritating habit of talking around ...

In April this year, the U.S. administration of Donald Trump announced the worldwide application of reciprocal tariffs, designating a 90-day grace period in a bid to push individual countries to ...

Trump to witness Thai-Cambodia ceasefire deal US-China officials to hold trade talks in Malaysia ASEAN to admit East Timor as 11th member Malaysia to host meeting of RCEP trade bloc KUALA LUMPUR, Oct ...

ASEAN’s health systems run at two speeds, leaving millions without reliable access to essential medicines. To bridge regional gaps, ASEAN’s least-developed countries could follow the ‘ASEAN Minus X’ ...

The 2025 ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur comes at a defining moment for the global trading system, with the bloc positioned to defend openness amid rising protectionism. The parallel RCEP Leaders' ...