Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) aim to endorse after their meetings this week all the ...

The Philippines is scheduled to sign the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) in November to accelerate regional ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Asean’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to stay resilient in the near term despite global econo­mic uncertainties, says Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) chairman Datuk ...

NEGOTIATIONS for the creation of an Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) are expected to wind up in the next few months and be signed by November, according to a Department of Trade and ...

Last week, on Feb. 24, I attended the ASEAN Editors and Economic Opinion Leaders Forum at the Fairmont Hotel in Makati. Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), it was a huge forum ...

The Asian miracle was built on an assumption that the system would hold. Given the way things are going, the likelihood is that it won’t.

Thank you, Prime Minister Anwar. Your majesty, heads of state, ladies and gentlemen! It is a great honor to be with you today and celebrate ASEAN’s progress and tremendous promise. With a collective ...

ASEAN must move beyond its compartmentalised approach to policymaking to respond to the increasingly interlinked areas of economics and security in a shifting global order. Maintaining ASEAN ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers the opening remarks at the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025. Credit: Afiq Hambali/ Prime Minister’s Office of Malaysia The 47th ...

Led by Malaysia, ASEAN has avoided the global temptation to engage in a tit-for-tat response to US President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs. An acute understanding of the importance of global ...