Malaysia is committed to addressing regional issues, but expectations on Myanmar and the advancing of talks on a code of conduct between the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China for the South China Sea should be tempered,

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) discussed developments in the South China Sea (SCS), Myanmar and the Middle East during a retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia on Sunday.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Foreign secretary Enrique Manalo says Asean’s vulnerability to climate change should elevate the issue on the bloc’s priority list.

Foreign Ministers from Southeast Asia have started arriving in Langkawi for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM), which is set to convene on Saturday (Jan 18). Malaysia’s Foreign Minister, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan,

Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia -- Claims that Donald Trump and key aides have little interest in Southeast Asia are "speculation", the Philippine Foreign Secretary has said in a bid to dampen anxiety in the region two days ahead of the American president-elect's return to the White House.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) - The regional bloc ASEAN and China should make headway on a protracted code of conduct for the South China Sea by tackling thorny "milestone issues", including its scope and if it can be legally binding, the Philippines' top diplomat said on Saturday.

Enhanced maritime cooperation among Asean members could help advance negotiations for a code of conduct in the South China Sea, says Philippine foreign secretary Enrique Manalo. “We have the basic negotiations between the Asean countries and China,

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan and the Philippines will convey to President-elect Donald Trump the urgent need for the U.S. to remain committed to help uphold the rule of law in an Asian region where security concerns have become “increasingly severe,” Japan’s top diplomat said Wednesday.

With the upcoming Trump 2.0 administration and the ongoing South China Sea dispute, building peace requires more multilateral, regional and subregional cooperation, says the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Philippines Enrique Manalo.

The regional bloc ASEAN and China should make headway on a protracted code of conduct for South China Sea by tackling thorny "milestone issues", including its scope and if it can be legally binding.