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Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

July 2026

  • Scuffles take place as the US secretary of state arrives in Manila to attend meetings of Asean foreign ministers and regional bloc's dialogue partners

    Activists protesting against Marco Rubio visit clash with police in Philippines – video

    Scuffles take place as the US secretary of state arrives in Manila to attend meetings of Asean foreign ministers and regional bloc's dialogue partners
    Video0:47

April 2026

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Monday, 13 April, 2026.

    From Jakarta to Manila, south-east Asia turns to Russia to plug fuel, fertiliser gaps caused by Iran war

    South-east Asia, which relied heavily on the Middle East for energy and fertiliser, is desperately seeking to plug huge gaps in its supplies

October 2025

  • Donald Trump at the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal between Thai prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian PM Hun Manet

    Trump oversees Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire signing as Asia tour gets under way

  • Cambodian forces and villagers stand behind a barbed wire fence opposite Thai officials stationed along the Thai-Cambodian border at Ban Nong Ya Kaeo in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand, 19 September 2025.

    ‘Wailing ghosts through loudspeakers’: Cambodia accuses Thailand of psychological warfare along border

July 2025

  • US secretary of state Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10 July, 2025.

    Rubio in bind as he seeks to reassure south-east Asia, even as it faces Trump tariffs

    Rubio meets Chinese counterpart at gathering, as questions remain about US trade polices and commitment to region

October 2024

  • From left to right, Myanmar Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Aung Kyaw Moe, Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and East Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hold hands during the 14th ASEAN-U.N. Summit in Vientiane, Laos, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

    Russia and China accused of blocking Asean statement due to dispute over South China Sea

    Russian foreign minister says final declaration not adopted because of attempts by US, Japan, South Korea, Australia and NZ ‘to turn it into a purely political statement’

August 2024

  • Simon Tisdall

    Myanmar: three years on from the coup
    double quotation markChina’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region

    Simon Tisdall
    Far from acting as a broker, Beijing is playing both sides in a state torn by brutality and chaos

March 2024

  • Paul Keating

    Guardian Essential poll: 38% of Australians agree with Paul Keating’s view on country’s position in Asia

  • Anthony Albanese addresses the media at Asean summit in Melbourne on Wednesday.

    Australia news live
    PM says Australia to ‘make an assessment’ on UNRWA funding – as it happened

  • Brittany Higgins

    Australia news live
    Higgins and Reynolds in defamation mediation talks – as it happened

  • Lee Hsien Loong said Singapore negotiated an arrangement for Taylor Swift to make the country her only stop in south-east Asia

    Singapore PM defends deal with Taylor Swift to skip other south-east Asian nations – video

    Video1:25

  • South-east Asian leaders arrive in Melbourne for the 2024 Asean summit – video

    Video0:38

  • Australia to launch $2bn fund to ‘turbocharge’ trade with south-east Asia

  • Australia news live
    Coalition flags housing policy ‘refresh’ – as it happened

September 2023

  • Treasurer Jim Chalmers arrives for question time in the house of representatives in Parliament House, Canberra. Thursday 7th September 2023. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia.

    Australian Politics
    Jim Chalmers on the Qantas controversy – Australian Politics podcast

    Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins Guardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy to discuss economic projections for the country
    Podcast30:18
  • UN secretary general António Guterres calls on world leaders to step up the fight against the climate crisis, saying time is running out to avoid 'climate chaos'

    'Summer of simmering': Guterres uses Asean summit to issue climate warning – video

    UN secretary general António Guterres calls on world leaders to step up the fight against the climate crisis, saying time is running out to avoid 'climate chaos'
    Video1:37
  • The Coalition targeted transport minister Catherine King during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday.

    Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
    Question time chaos – as it happened

    This blog is now closed.

January 2023

  • Simon Tisdall

    double quotation markGlobal action is needed to topple Myanmar’s criminal junta boss

    Simon Tisdall
    From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be fought here

November 2022

  • Australian foreign minister Penny Wong speaks during a joint news conference in Thailand

    Australian Politics
    Penny Wong on stabilising Australia’s relationship with China

    Podcast34:14
  • Anthony Albanese arrives in Bali for the G20 summit

    To see Albanese’s diplomatic dance through Asia is to watch hope at war with danger

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