"Since ASEAN is a key group in RCEP, which includes major trading powers around Asia, pushing the trade agenda jointly is very important to maintain export markets given current economic uncertainty," ...

Asean's economy is now almost as large as Japan's. Its 10 member states sit at the heart of global supply chains, attracting ...

India has asked the ten-member ASEAN to finalise its position on New Delhi’s counter proposal on outstanding issues–focussed ...

A collaboration between Mastercard and Asean-BAC aims to provide new pathways, building the foundations for long-term growth, ...

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 ...

Timor-Leste officially applied to join ASEAN in 2011, but it was only in 2022 that the group “agreed in principle” to accept ...

Timor-Leste’s accession, which has been formally under discussion by ASEAN over the last several years, is expected to be ...

A paper by the bank says Asean can benefit from worldwide shifts in near-shoring and investment, though intra-region ...

DEFA serves as ASEAN's free trade agreement (FTA) focusing on enhancing digital economic cooperation and integration among ...

In October 2025, Timor-Leste will conclude what President Jose Ramos-Horta called its “long-awaited accession” to become the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, ...

For more than half a century, Jose Luis Guterres has been East Timor's voice to the world - first as a diplomat in exile ...