The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), numbering 10 countries and member-to-be East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, is meeting in Jakarta this week in a summit fraught with difficulty.
Leaders will meet from September 5 to 8, in Indonesia’s capital, with United States Vice President Kamala Harris …

Asia’s developing economies are expected to grow 5.2 percent in 2022 and 5.3 percent in 2023 on the back of a strong recovery in domestic demand and exports, the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.
By subregion, East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia are all expected to return to pre-pandemic rates of economic growth.East Asia is on course for expansions of 4.7 and 4.5 percent, respectively, in 2022 and 2023. Southeast Asia …