Timor-Leste’s ASEAN admission “reflects the strength of its democracy, built through regular elections, peaceful political ...

The former Portuguese colony, once called East Timor, has come a long way since 2002, when it gained independence from ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China signed an expanded version of a free trade agreement Tuesday with the Association of ...

President Donald Trump, during his trip to Asia, will participate in the 47th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia before making stops in ...

Asean member states must remain vigilant and united in addressing emerging security risks posed by non-state actors, said ...

China and the ASEAN bloc of Southeast Asian nations signed an upgrade to their free trade agreement on Tuesday, with leaders ...

The country’s admission caps off a 14-year journey toward accession, but also presents new challenges for the Southeast Asian ...

Diverging pressures from the United States and China at the ASEAN summit have led some member states to fear that the era of ...

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since ...

Beijing is hoping to use an expanded free trade deal to portray itself as the bloc’s alternative to the United States.

The announcement came after China’s Premier Li Qiang called on his Asian counterparts to “uphold free trade and the ...

The free trade area covers a combined market of more than 2 billion people, lowers tariffs on goods, and boosts flows of ...