Jakarta—The Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat held Jan. 18 to 19 in Langkawi, Malaysia, presents a crucial opportunity for Asean to shift its approaches in addressing the ongoing crisis in ...

In Langkawi, Malaysia’s response to the civil strife in Myanmar was perhaps the most concerning indicator of its chairmanship potentially not living up to the hype. Malaysia’s leadership ...

At the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Langkawi on Sunday, Malaysia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamad Hasan said that Myanmar’s military government should focus on restoring peace ...

This included a wooden boat loaded with nearly 200 ethnic Rohingyas escaping persecution in Myanmar who landed on the shores of Teluk Yu, a tourist attraction in popular holiday island Langkawi ...

Beyond the mundane 44 paragraphs of the Chairman's Statement of the Asean Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi, there are crucial elements worth mentioning and following up on.As the Myanmar crisis enters ...

The ASEAN foreign ministers held a two-day unofficial meeting on the Malaysian island of Langkawi on Saturday and Sunday. Malaysia holds this year's ASEAN presidency. Myanmar's permanent secretary ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia--Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

LANGKAWI, Malaysia -- ASEAN foreign ministers warned Myanmar's military regime on Sunday that its election planned for this year has to be "inclusive" and "involve all stakeholders." Malaysian ...