Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta says his country’s accession to the regional bloc is well under way, and pariah Myanmar’s ...

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn speaks during a Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the situation in Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 27, 2022.

Japan has reaffirmed its full support for Asean’s central role in addressing the protracted crisis in Myanmar, while ...

The junta’s pariah status undermines its capacity to influence major decisions within the bloc, says Ramos-Horta ...

These challenges highlight some shortcomings that have limited the progress of ASEAN political-security cooperation and ...

Myanmar's permanent secretary of foreign affairs, Aung Kyaw Moe, far left, joins other high-ranking officials from ASEAN member nations at the organization's summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 8 ...

Myanmar's generals have been barred from high-level ASEAN meetings since last year, after the army ousted Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government in a February 2021 coup, detaining ...

Brunei, ASEAN's current chair, issued a statement citing a lack of progress made on a roadmap that the junta had agreed to with ASEAN in April to restore peace in Myanmar.

But getting the nine ASEAN states (minus Myanmar) to agree to even minimal action – such as agreeing on a framework to address the crisis – will be a tough task.

As Myanmar gears up to host this weekend’s ASEAN Regional Forum, it may find that its role is both a blessing and a curse. While Myanmar welcomes its chance in the spotlight as ASEAN Chair, that ...

Southeast Asian nations have told Myanmar’s military government its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil war ...

Myanmar says it will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political ...