In Focus Islamic Banking Staff Reporter A street in Malaysia (Ravin Rau via Unsplash). ASEAN Islamic finance industry to cross $1t in 2026 Assets are concentrated in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei with limited presence in other markets. ASEAN’s Islamic finance industry is expected to cross US$1t by end-2026, after reaching nearly $950b […]
EHTESHAM SHAHID In the dynamic geopolitical theater of Southeast Asia, nations like Malaysia exemplify a deliberate stance of neutrality amid the escalating superpower rivalry between the US and China. The country’s strategic position along the pivotal Strait of Malacca underscores its significant role in global commerce and military navigation. The […]
ANDREW HAMMOND November 06, 2022 Short Url While much of the world’s attention this month is on the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 27, in Egypt, there are also important […]
The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) conducts underway operations on April 28, 2020, in the South China Sea. Barry is forward-deployed to the United States Seventh Fleet […]
Tan Tam Mei Thailand Correspondent PUBLISHE DOCT 30, 2021 BANGKOK – Countries in South-east Asia are racing to reopen their borders as the tourist season descends. First off the block […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIMS eptember 14, 2021 21:09220 Short Url https://arab.news/4d3bf News that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s junta and the pro-democracy rebel national unity […]
A group of Rohingya refugees gather on a beach after arriving at Pulau Idaman, a small island off the coast of East Aceh in northern Sumatra on June 4, 2021. […]
President “Jokowi” Widodo attends the Asean Leaders’ Summit at the Asean Secretariat in Jakarta on April 24, 2021. (Photo Courtesy of Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau) BY :JAYANTY NADA SHOFA APRIL […]
Abigail Rose McCall The Jakarta Post Brisbane, Australia / Wed, January 20, 2021 The continuity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is likely to depend on stability in […]
Ardila Syakriah Jakarta Jakarta / Fri, November 13 2020 / President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on ASEAN countries to swiftly implement a so-called travel corridor as part of the region’s efforts to restore an economy battered badly by the COVID-19 outbreak. At the 37th ASEAN Summit hosted by Vietnam […]
DR. AZEEM IBRAHIM July 01, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/wdjrp Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the ASEAN summit, June 26, 2020. (Reuters) When the Association of Southeast Asian […]
Jul 24, 2019 – swissinfo.ch YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar has made “minimal” preparations for the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees sheltering in neighbouring Bangladesh, according to […]
Southeast Asian fall? Aug 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Gwynne Dyer A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in South-East Asia: The Philippines in […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 5, 2017 Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at the 15th ASEAN Lecture on “ASEAN: Next 50” at the ISEAS Yusof […]
Feb 17,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Joshua Kurlantzick Next week, at a summit in California, US President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of the 10 countries of Asia’s most important regional grouping: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The event, the first-ever US-ASEAN summit on American soil, is being […]
WATARU YOSHIDA, Nikkei staff writer SINGAPORE — At the Asean summit held in Brunei last fall, the relaxed chatter of delegates in the lobby was interrupted by the arrival of the Indonesian delegation, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Like Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea in “The Ten Commandments,” […]
The measures used to overcome the Asian financial crisis should not be overlooked by Europe. by Stephen S. Roach, who is Non Executive Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and author of The Next Asia. (AlJazeera) New Haven, CT – The austerity debate was the topic du jour at this year’s […]