The junta’s pariah status undermines its capacity to influence major decisions within the bloc, says Ramos-Horta ...

Analysts say inclusive partnerships and a permanent Myanmar envoy are wins—but regional disputes could test the bloc’s unity.

Timor-Leste will officially become ASEAN's 11th member later this year, according to the Foreign Ministry's Director General ...

The regime accused Timor Leste of violating ASEAN’s non-interference principle by supporting anti-junta forces.

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Southeast Asian lawmakers demand urgent action to free aging democracy icons – including Daw Aung San Suu Kyi – at next ...

The ideal of inclusion meets the reality of institutional adjustment.

Myanmar's permanent secretary of foreign affairs, Aung Kyaw Moe, far left, joins other high-ranking officials from ASEAN member nations at the organization's summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 8 ...

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn speaks during a Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on the situation in Myanmar in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 27, 2022.

But getting the nine ASEAN states (minus Myanmar) to agree to even minimal action – such as agreeing on a framework to address the crisis – will be a tough task.

Since Myanmar’s generals seized power in 2021 and plunged the country into civil war, the main regional group, ASEAN, has proved too ineffective and impotent to respond.