Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today delivered pre-recorded Remarks for the ASEAN Online Sale Day (AOSD) 2026. In his Remarks, SG Dr. Kao highlighted that AOSD shows the importance...

The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (27th MSC) was held on 9 July 2026 in Bali, Indonesia. The Meeting was...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei — Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has named one of his youngest sons as the country’s foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle, largely seen as...

Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 5 August 2026, participated in the Heads of Civil Service Meeting for the 8th ASEAN Plus...

Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 5 August 2026, met with H.E. Hun Many, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Civil Service...

JAKARTA, 7 August 2026 – ASEAN will commemorate its 59th Anniversary on 8 August 2026 under the theme, “Navigating Our Future, Together,” aligned with the Philippines’ ASEAN Chairship for...

Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on 5 August 2026, met with Prof. Dr. Zudan Arif Fakrulloh, Chairman of the National Civil Service Agency of the Republic of...

VIENTIANE — Rescuers called off their search Saturday for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the...

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its Special Meeting 2/2025 from 7 to 10 July 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with the Minister of Defence of Malaysia, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled bin Nordin,  on the sidelines of the 37th Annual International...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, on the evening of 1 August 2026, attended a Welcome Dinner hosted by Ipoh City Council, Malaysia. The gathering provided an informal...

We welcome the meeting on 03 August 2026 between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Mr. Arnaud de Baecque, Resident Representative of...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today received a farewell call from the outgoing Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of...

JAKARTA, 7 August 2026 – ASEAN will commemorate its 59th Anniversary on 8 August 2026 under the theme, “Navigating Our Future, Together,” aligned with the Philippines’ ASEAN Chairship for...

Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with regional media in an interface session as part of the 10th ASEAN Media Forum, in Manila, the Philippines. During...

Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), H.E. San Lwin, met with H.E. Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for Social and Family Development of...

The Twenty-seventh Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution (27th MSC) was held on 9 July 2026 in...

H.E. Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, on 4 August 2026, delivered a Policy Speech at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat, highlighting Thailand’s strong commitment to and...

Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, today met with H.E. Anutin Charnvirakul, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, at the ASEAN Headquarters/ASEAN Secretariat. The meeting underscored Thailand’s instrumental...

DA NANG, 9 July 2026 – The Ministry of Home Affairs of Viet Nam successfully convened the 13th ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network (ASEAN-OSHNET)...

Vietnam is increasingly using broadly written laws to arrest activists, dissidents and others that authorities consider a threat to the Communist party’s rule, according...