Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday hailed "significant" steps to engage warring sides in Myanmar, as Southeast Asian leaders met for talks to address the protracted conflict and offset global trade uncertainty from U.

KUALA LUMPUR/COLOMBO -- Southeast Asian leaders are expected to endorse the appointment of a permanent special envoy for Myanmar at their summit on Monday, in a major shift from the bloc's current practice of rotating representatives annually and in recognition of the deepening crisis in the civil war-ravaged country.

Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship has piqued interest and built up expectations of tangible outcomes, especially in longstanding issues such as overlapping claims in the South China Sea among ASEAN member states and Beijing,

The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN on Tuesday announced an ambitious strategic plan that includes harmonising trade standards and greater financial integration in an effort to collectively become the world's fourth-largest economy.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim says Southeast Asian nations will forge a common front to face challenges including economic headwinds from U.S. tariffs and the four-year deadly civil war in My

Asean countries must redouble efforts to deepen the grouping's integration in a world where multilateralism and globalisation are in retreat, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said on May 26. Doing so while also strengthening its external partnerships will be key to ensuring it has "the manoeuvring space and the agency" to continue charting its own destiny in

Quiet engagement has played an effective role in addressing the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim looks on during a meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Sunday, May 25, 2025, ahead of the 46th ASEAN summit. (Hasnoor Hussain/Pool Photo via AP) ASEAB leaders chain their hands while posing for a picture before the start of the plenary session at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur,