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Sebastian StrangioForeign Policy |
Undersecretary of War Elbridge Colby told an audience in Manila that U.S. interests are "more engaged than ever in the Indo-Pacific."
The rupiah rose slightly on news of Destry Damayanti's nomination, which will now pass to the House of Representatives for approval.
The military-backed government is pushing for full readmission to ASEAN, while rejecting outright the bloc’s Five-Point Consensus initiative.
The ruling follows a Supreme Court decision in June that limited courts' ability to challenge TPS designations.
The pledge came as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hosted the country's military-appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, in Bangkok.
The visits are likely to build on the momentum created by the Comprehensive Strategic Partnerships signed recently with both countries.
The memorial will be built at an existing cemetery that commemorates 14 North Korean fighter pilots shot down while battling the U.S. Air Force in...
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government has announced plans to repatriate around 5,000 Rohingya with Myanmar's assent.
The move is intended to weaken ASEAN's determination to hold Myanmar to the Five-Point Consensus and widen the divisions between the bloc's member...
The announcement follows the Pakatan Harapan coalition's bruising defeat in the Negeri Sembilan state election on Saturday.
In Negeri Sembilan, the Pakatan Harapan coalition was washed away by a wave of Malay unity that could determine the outcome of the next general...
Marking his 100th day as president, Min Aung Hlaing told parliament that his administration would pursue its own “solution” to the country’s conflict.
The port call, the fourth by a U.S. carrier group since 2018, is a sign that relations between Washington and Hanoi remain healthy, despite ongoing...
Cambodia's Prince Holding Group and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, a Myanmar-based rebel group, were among the targeted groups.
Perry Warjiyo, who has served as governor of the central bank since 2018, said that he was stepping down for "personal reasons."
The detention of the group, who were reportedly driven out of a settlement in Penang on Sunday, comes amid rising public hostility toward Rohingya...
Manila and Beijing continue to trade accusations about a series of clashes at two disputed features in the South China Sea last week.
The proposed rules would would bar minors from posting, sharing, or commenting on social media platforms.
With the creation of a new refugee agency in January, the country has asserted its control over the processing of asylum-seekers.
Ma. Theresa Lazaro said that the bloc wants to see more progress on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus for resolving the country's...
Both nations have accused the other for instigating the incident at Second Thomas Shoal, which has overshadowed this week's ASEAN meetings in Manila.
The fighting between Iran and the United States is set to have “immediate and long-term effects” on Southeast Asia and its people, the ministers said.
The two sides traded accusations over the confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal, a long-standing focus of maritime tensions between Manila and Beijing.
The bloc's foreign ministers are set to call for "the restoration of the safe, unimpeded, and continuous transit passage of vessels and aircraft in...
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that she was “deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed" at the leniency of the charges announced on Friday.
Last week, the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar said that agreeing to the meeting was a sign of the ASEAN special envoy's "timidity and poor...
The reports come on top of the 300 people already reported missing or drowned in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2026.
The Department of Foreign Affairs demanded the "immediate takedown” of the AI-generated video, in which the Philippines was depicted as a monkey.
ASEAN special envoy Ma. Theresa Lazaro held separate talks with military-backed negotiators and six rebel groups in Pattaya earlier this week.
The High Court ruled that a 2024 article on the city-state's luxury real estate market maliciously defamed ministers Tan See Leng and K. Shanmugam.
"In the short term, the likelihood of Myanmar’s military leadership appearing before a court is low, but not impossible."
The news will no doubt come as a relief for the Prabowo administration, whose economic policymaking has spooked international investors.
The visit comes amid a campaign by Naypyidaw to normalize its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its member states.
Barisan Nasional, the Grand Old Party of Malaysian politics, has been aided by a growing disillusionment with Anwar's leadership and discord among its...
The Southeast Asian bloc reaffirmed its adherence to its Five-Point Consensus initiative, which was last week rejected by Myanmar’s...
Tin Maung Swe is likely to press the case for diplomatic normalization between ASEAN and the military-backed government in Naypyidaw.
The scholars described the Batanes Islands as a “natural geographical extension” of Taiwan, which therefore belonged to China.
The two sides signed 14 agreements, including a landmark deal for the provision of BrahMos supersonic missiles to the Indonesian armed forces.
The price of a "certificate for entitlement" for a small vehicle rose to nearly $100,000 in the latest round of bidding.
The 48-year-old faces charges of corruption, bribery, and an alleged plot to assassinate her rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The 48-year-old faces charges of corruption, bribery, and an alleged plot to assassinate her rival, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The affirmations come after an Indonesian minister raised the idea of imposing a levy on vessels passing through the vital chokepoint.
China's government is pushing hard for the resumption of the $3.6 billion project, which was suspended in 2011 amid widespread public opposition.
The West Papua National Liberation Army has a history of targeting aircraft servicing remote parts of the Papuan highlands.
In late May, the military announced that it had transferred the 81-year-old former leader from prison to house arrest.
The maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity will have an additional year to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 airliner, which vanished without...
The Bangkok-based advocacy group Project88 documented 56 political arrests last year, the most in any year since 2018.
Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent, has replicated the landslide victory that delivered him to the governor's office in 2022.
Jakarta is one of a growing cohort of nations seeking to safeguard under-16s from cyberbullying, online fraud, and pornography.
The reprieve led to a brief rally on the Indonesian stock market, but the longer-term outlook is less certain.