Beyond the mundane 44 paragraphs of the Chairman's Statement of the Asean Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, there are crucial elements worth mentioning and following up on.As the Myanmar crisis enters ...

Malaysia assumed the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) with the aim of fostering political ...

Myanmar's junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...

Concerning the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, Malaysian former foreign minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah said that under certain circumstances, ASEAN needs to put aside its policy of ...

Shot and exiled from his homeland by Myanmar's military, Faruk Arian was tired of feeling powerless - until he turned his ...

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

Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point ...

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) discussed developments in the South China Sea (SCS), ...

The regional bloc told a junta representative at a meeting that a poll is “not a priority at the moment," Malaysia’s foreign ...

Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday.

Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil ...