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A wave of online backlash against South Korea is spreading across Southeast Asia, fuelled by a dispute over fan behaviour at a K-pop concert and intensified by controversial comments from public officials, highlighting how quickly digital tensions can take on a regional dimension. Posts accusing Koreans of discrimination have circulated widely on social media in … Read more
The US has established a new army foothold in the Philippines with a rotational deployment designed to sustain the Typhon missile system and contain China, according to military analysts. The US Army has commenced rotational deployments in the Philippines, according to a post published on January 29 on the Defence Visual Information Distribution Service, the … Read more
Economic cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is set to deepen despite bloc members advancing trade deals with the United States, Beijing’s ambassador to Asean has said. At a forum in Indonesia’s Jakarta on Tuesday, Wang Qing urged both sides to remain committed to shared economic success and to oppose external … Read more
CEBU, Philippines (AP) — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats met Wednesday under growing pressure to push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s civil war, and to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a diverse 11-national bloc, has … Read more
Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said multilateralism and globalisation are “on the retreat” with questions over what the “new global order would look like”. “We should explore new partnerships, because, despite all the issues that we face in the world, Asia remains at the centre of global growth,” he said. “In the region, countries like … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian nations must accelerate regional economic integration, diversify their markets and stay united to tackle the fallout from global trade disruptions resulting from sweeping U.S. tariff hikes, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Sunday. Mohamad, opening a meeting of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, also … Read more
Malaysia and Japan have put forward a proposal to create a new collaboration hub in Malaysia that would focus on technology, sustainability, and energy integration in ASEAN [the Association of Southeast Asian Nations], according to The Malaysian Reserve. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim shared details of the plan in a recent Facebook post. … Read more
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto walks after speaking to media to attend the swearing-in ceremony of ministers and a deputy minister at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Aug19, 2024. (PHOTO / AFP) JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs has announced that Indonesia was working closely with Malaysia to respond … Read more
MORE OR LESS US ENGAGEMENT UNDER TRUMP? The State of Southeast Asia 2025 survey polled 2,023 people including researchers, private sector representatives, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and government officials across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, Myanmar, and the Philippines. For the first time in its seven editions, the survey – which gauges views … Read more