Membership of ASEAN brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is flanked by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, left, and Coordinating Minister for Economics Airlangga Hartarto as he speaks to the media during a press ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at China and the United States competing for trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Ukraine’s conditions for cease-fire talks with ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international ...

China consistently respects ASEAN's central place in the regional architecture and supports ASEAN mediation efforts. Wang Yi ...

While ASEAN's status as an invited guest in the G20 affords the bloc some influence, permanent membership would give it crucial consensus-building power. ASEAN is important both economically and ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, grilling President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary over whether he had the “breadth and depth of knowledge” needed to lead international negotiations, asked ...