Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, was questioned about ASEAN during a heated Senate ...

A big concern lurking in the background of Asean’s economic prosperity, besides climate change, is declining birth and ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that “I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China pledged in 2002 to create a code of conduct, but took 15 years to start discussions and progress has been slow. In an interview ahead of Sunday ...

Information for this story was provided by the Associated Press, which gives background on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and cites comments from Pete Hegseth and Tammy ...

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation hearing that he couldn't tell Duckworth the exact number of ASEAN nations, but that "I know we have allies in South Korea and Japan in AUKUS (a ...