Indonesia’s blowing up of seized foreign vessels to mark its Independence Day may not go down well with China

THE recent arrests of fishermen for intrusion into foreign waters will be among the topics of discussion when leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia meet for their 11th annual consultation in Jakarta tomorrow.

Foreign ministers reach consensus for various issues including South China Sea.

PM praises officials for dedication in negotiating high-speed link project.

A proposal to screen possible IS militants from the region into Malaysia has ministers up in arms.

Asean is quick to issue statements on matters in other countries, but cannot agree to address an issue in its own backyard.

ON Tuesday evening, several journalists including foreign ones, were alerted by a Wisma Putra official of a statement by the Asean foreign ministers after a meeting with their Chinese colleague Wang Yi.

Manila urgently needs to tackle problems in its own backyard to stop the kidnapping of foreign citizens.

TIME flies as they say. And the pressure is on for Regional Compre­hensive Economic Partner­ship (RCEP) negotiators from 16 countries as they meet in Perth this week to narrow the gap and possibly wrap up the free trade deal by year-end.

With Obama’s term finishing next January, is time running out to ratify TPPA?

Barely two weeks after the historic US-Asean Summit in Sunnylands, California, Asean foreign ministers held their retreat in Laos and the South China Sea remains a hot topic.

MALAYSIA needs to keep engaging fund managers and potential investors to correct the negative perception created by some quarters and make them understand the country’s domestic issues.