A scheduled meeting between the foreign ministers of China and Vietnam on the sidelines of a regional gathering was canceled, Chinese Embassy officials said, amid growing tension between the two countries over the South China Sea. Vietnam had held out for language that noted concern ...

New Foreign Minister Taro Kono made his debut on the world stage — with his English fluency on display — during a series of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related meetings in Manila lasting through Monday. Kono, a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, spoke English ...

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a door open for dialogue with North Korea on Monday, saying Washington was willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halted a series of recent missile test launches. Tillerson's comments at a regional security forum in Manila were ...

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As he made his international debut in Manila on Sunday, newly appointed Foreign Minister Taro Kono agreed with his regional counterparts to put more pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile ambitions. After arriving in the Philippine capital, Kono, who assumed his ...

Southeast Asian nations were battling Sunday to find a compromise on how to deal with Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea, with Cambodia lobbying hard for Beijing, diplomats said. Foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) failed to release a ...

China's top diplomat said Sunday that talks for a nonaggression pact aimed at preventing clashes from erupting in the disputed South China Sea may start this year if "outside parties" don't cause a major disruption. Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the start of talks for ...

Bolstered by new U.N. sanctions, the United States and North Korea's neighbors are joining in a fresh attempt to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs, in a global pressure campaign being cheered on by U.S. President Donald Trump. After weeks of U.S. frustration ...

Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea as a tense regional security forum began Saturday, with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear program. Ahead of the launch of the annual gathering ...

Washington is seeking talks on how North Korea can be suspended from Asia's biggest security forum as part of a broader effort to isolate Pyongyang diplomatically and force it to end its missile tests and abandon its nuclear weapons program, U.S. and Philippine officials ...

Southeast Asia's top diplomats will seek talks "as soon as possible" on a proposed nonaggression pact with China aimed at preventing clashes in the South China Sea and will likely hold back on criticism of China's aggressive acts in the disputed waters in a ...