Regional news from Southeast Asia in English — ASEAN politics, economy and diplomacy, covered by Thai PBS World.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and other ASEAN leaders will consider a joint response to the widening fallout from the Middle East crisis on Friday, according to Daniel Xavier Imperial, spokesperson for the 48th ASEAN Summit.
Pressure is mounting on Myanmar’s military authorities to provide verifiable proof of life for detained Aung San Suu Kyi, as her son appeals to France for help and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations calls for its special envoy to be granted access to her.
A group of former foreign ministers and former United Nations experts yesterday urged ASEAN leaders to abandon the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) and adopt new measures at the 48th ASEAN Summit in Cebu.
Energy security and disaster resilience are at the top of the agenda for the 48th ASEAN Summit, reflecting the region’s growing exposure to both geopolitical shocks and climate-related risks.
The US Embassy in Yangon officially reopened the Jefferson Center in Mandalay on April 30, following extensive renovations necessitated by a major earthquake in 2025, according to a report by The Global New Light of Myanmar.
The son of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for proof that she is alive and her release, after reports emerged she has been moved from prison to an undisclosed location.
Thailand believes that engagement with the new administration in Myanmar is necessary to help resolve the crisis in the country and bring it back to the “ASEAN family,” according to former foreign minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be moved to house arrest, state media reported on Thursday (April 30), more than five years after the military ousted the civilian government she led and jailed the Nobel laureate.
Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing is weighing “good things” for detained Aung San Suu Kyi, and insisted that she is being well cared for, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said recently.
As the US and Israel’s war on Iran continues, critical passageways between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman are blocked, leaving countries around the world on edge as critical fuel supplies diminish and once again expose the fragile fossil fuel routes. In Asia, where most of the oil was headed, many countries have been hit hard. Oil is used in many industries beyond generating electricity, such as in fertilizer and plastics production, and many countries are now feeling the impact.
Indonesia will not impose a levy on vessels transiting the Strait of Malacca, as doing so would contravene international law, Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono said Thursday.
China's top diplomat Wang Yi called for the complete eradication of scam centres in Cambodia during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Manet in Phnom Penh, according to Beijing's foreign ministry.
