Malaysia is committed to addressing regional issues, but expectations on Myanmar and the advancing of talks on a code of conduct between the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China for the South China Sea should be tempered,

Malaysia has appointed a new ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to try and implement the regional bloc’s stalled peace plan for the war-torn country.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has officially invited Indonesia to participate in the 2025 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Lima) 2025.

This photo taken on Jan 19 2025 shows a scene of a press conference after the Association of Southeast Asian Nat

Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chair of the regional bloc ASEAN amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin has officially invited Indonesia to participate in the 2025 Langkawi International Maritime and

LANGKAWI, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan held three bilateral meetings on Sunday with his counterparts from Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia to foster deeper cooperation and strengthen bilateral relations.

Malaysia's has appointed diplomat Othman Hashim as the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN's special envoy on the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, its foreign minister said on Sunday.

Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan is set to chair the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Sunday (Jan 19) in Langkawi, Kedah. The AMM Retreat is the first scheduled meeting in the annual ASEAN calendar at the ministerial level under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship for 2025.

Malaysia's Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan, left, waves to members of the media after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, Sunday,

This photo taken on Jan. 19, 2025 shows a scene of a press conference after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers' meeting in Langkawi, Malaysia. The meeting was held here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Cheng Yiheng)

Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.