The Latest Breaking News from ASEAN

Southeast Asian defense chiefs and representatives are meeting in the Laotian capital for security talks at a time of increasing maritime disputes with China in the Asia-Pacific and as the transition to a new U.S. president looms

China rejects meeting with US Defense Secretary at ASEAN conference over Taiwan arms sale, signaling strained US-China military relations.

“At the end of the day, Trump is crazy but he’s not mad,” Kishore Mahbubani said Monday in a conversation with Clay Chandler, Fortune executive editor for Asia.

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar has warned that the Southeast Asian nation is in crisis, with conflict escalating, criminal networks “out of control” and human suffering at unprecedented levels

ASEAN’s 10 members met the entirety of region’s rise in electricity demand last year through fossil fuels, report says.

Finally, Australia’s rock lobster industry will be able to export to China again, following a deal struck on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Laos last week.

U.S. raises concerns about China's actions in South China Sea at ASEAN summit, tensions escalate. Discussions also cover Myanmar, North Korea, Ukraine conf...

After leaving a meeting with China's second-in-command with a big victory, Anthony Albanese is turning his focus to the transition to net-zero emissions.

Top US diplomat says Beijing has ‘injured people’ and ‘harmed vessels’ of rival nations in the disputed waters.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called for a "full explanation" of an airspace intrusion by a Chinese military aircraft in his first face-to-face meeting with Premier Li Qiang, Tokyo said Friday.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful” activities in the disputed South China Sea during an annual summit meeting, and pledged the U.S. will continue to uphold freedom of navigation in the vital sea trade…