When the leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for the 31st ASEAN Summit in the Philippines in November 2017, they will also celebrate ‘ASEAN at 50’ — a testimony to ...

More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have been displaced from their Myanmar homes in what has been described as the “fastest growing refugee crisis in the world.” An estimated of at least 6,700 members ...

In November, Singapore hosted this year’s iteration of a series of regular ASEAN meetings focused on promoting greater interactions and confidence-building between Southeast Asian armies. The events ...

Against many odds, we have a consensus. Ten years in the making, the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of Rights of Migrant Workers was unveiled by Manila as the centerpiece of its ...

(New York) – World leaders meeting for summits in Asia on November 10-14, 2017, should address Burma’s Rohingya crisis and the deteriorating human rights situations in Vietnam, the Philippines, and ...

October projection of world growth by the world bank increased from 3.2 percent in 2016 to 3.6 percent in 2017 and 3.7 percent in 2018—an upward revision of 0.1 percentage point for both 2017 and 2018 ...

WASHINGTON/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden joined Southeast Asian leaders for a virtual summit on Tuesday, the first time in four years that Washington has engaged at ...

The “ASEAN handshake” is a tradition the leader of every Pacific Rim ally is forced to endure — and President Trump made it awkward. Trump scowled his way through the ice-breaker Monday morning in ...

WASHINGTON/BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will take part in a virtual summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday, the first time in ...

In 2017, ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) will be held in Manila, Philippines. The 36th edition of this annual event will take place from 16 to 20 January 2017.