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 ...

For January, hosts Lim Ai Leen and Tan Tam Mei kick off with ST’s Malaysia bureau chief Shannon Teoh, based in Kuala Lumpur.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s appointment of two former prime ministers as “special advisors” points to a gap between his ...

There has been considerable hype around Malaysia taking over the chairmanship of Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN this year, with ...

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 ...

With much of the world focusing on other geopolitical issues, the Rohingyas hope that their plight will not be forgotten.

Shot and exiled from his homeland by Myanmar's military, Faruk Arian was tired of feeling powerless - until he turned his ...