The Norway–ASEAN cooperation project on blue economy development is seen as a first step toward building a regional ...

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.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has called on member states of the Association of Southeast Asian ...

In South Korea, which imports nearly all of its oil and gas, a global supply crunch has hit hard. Officials have advised energy conservation, cut growth forecasts and warned of fallout from high ...

ASEAN must move beyond its compartmentalised approach to policymaking to respond to the increasingly interlinked areas of economics and security in a shifting global order. Maintaining ASEAN ...

As the main driver of global growth, with an expansion of 5 percent last year, Asia's economic growth is drawing global ...

Southeast Asian nations have concluded negotiations for a digital economic integration pact expected to double the region’s digital economy value to $2 ...

Asean's collective commitment towards Customs modernisation, trade facilitation, digital transformation, and enforcement ...

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has recommended the imposition 10-12.5 percent levies on 60 major trading partners.

The ASEAN DEFA is expected to simplify how businesses, especially SMEs, scale across Southeast Asia by creating common rules for digital trade, data flows, payments and online transactions. The recent ...

A Malaysian official raises the country’s flag ahead of the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: MOFA Malaysia Kuala Lumpur is under a tight security lockdown this week – ...