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Asean Business

US’ Rubio meets China’s Wang Yi at Asean gathering where Iran war, South China Sea tensions loom large

2026-07-23T09:04:16.000Z
Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta says the country’s greatest contribution to Asean is stability.
Asean Business

Timor-Leste’s Ramos-Horta tells foreign firms to be adventurous as its economy opens up

2026-07-23T08:00:00.000Z
Donald Trump has spent much of his first term and all of his second offending, menacing or humiliating America’s traditional partners.
Opinion & Features

Middle powers will keep ganging up against the US

2026-07-22T10:00:00.000Z
Foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of South-east Asian Nations and major partners have meetings in Manila this week.
Asean Business

Asean’s top diplomats meet, voice ‘serious concern’ over Middle East hostilities

2026-07-21T09:57:42.000Z
Workers preparing for the Asean Summit opening ceremony in May. Non-member dialogue partners at the events this week include the US, China, India and Russia.
Opinion & Features

World powers are courting Asean. Can the region capitalise on that?

2026-07-20T23:00:00.000Z
A US State Department spokesperson said South Korea “should not impose disproportionate burdens on US companies” such as Coupang.
International

How a dispute over e-commerce firm Coupang is testing US-South Korea ties

2026-07-20T00:28:55.000Z
Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has reportedly acknowledged the “massive build-up” of China’s military and noted that it “will have 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030”.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Nato looks East amid squabbles in the West

2026-07-10T23:00:00.000Z
Akiko Kawabe (left), director of the Japan Creative Centre at the Embassy of Japan in Singapore, and The Rice Company chairman Jennie Chua; the programme returns to Japan after 20 years.
Singapore

Spotlight Singapore marks 20 years with Kobe edition

2026-06-26T23:00:00.000Z
Thailand's Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow speaks to the media after a special meeting of Asean Foreign Ministers on the Thailand-Cambodia situation at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 22, 2025.
Asean Business

Thai, Cambodian leaders to meet on Asean sidelines amid uneasy truce 

2026-05-07T08:31:45.000Z
US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are slated to meet in Beijing on May 14-15.
International

Trump says Xi has been ‘respectful’ on Iran, downplaying strains

2026-05-06T09:48:32.000Z
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