“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Mohamad Hasan told a news conference after a ministerial retreat on the island of Langkawi. Hasan said Myanmar – represented by a low-level official ...

Despite Asean’s call to prioritise peace over a sham election, Myanmar’s military rulers appear bent on clinging to power no ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering 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 ...

The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021 ... But we told them that election is not a priority at the moment," Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told reporters after the meeting of ...

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

“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told a press conference after a ...

The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.

Myanmar's military government was on Sunday told by ASEAN foreign ministers to prioritize an end to the fighting in its country over the holding of an election this year, the bloc's chair Malaysia ...

ASEAN foreign ministers have advised Myanmar to give priority to ending the violence in the country than holding an election.

Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point ...

BANGKOK: A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, an ethnic minority armed group said on Sunday.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said Myanmar — represented by a low-level Foreign Ministry official after its junta leaders were barred from formal ASEAN meetings — briefed the ...