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Arnolfo Teves Jr., the main suspect in the assassination of Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo in 2023, is deported back to the Philippines from Timor-Leste following his arrest yesterday.
2025-05-29

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, chair of the ASEAN, announces that Timor-Leste will officially join the ASEAN as its 11th member state in October.
2025-05-27

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak leads a protest rally against the persecution of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority in the predominately Buddhist country, and calls on Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations to address the Rohingya's plight and end the violence. Myanmar's president's office said the rally is timed for Malaysian political purposes, and that Malaysia should respect the Association of Southeast Asian Nations's principle on sovereignty.
2016-12-4

Cambodia continues to block consensus in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting. The country has political and economical dependencies with China.
2016-07-24

The ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agree to set up an economic community to commence on January 1, 2016.
2015-11-22

An Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Malaysia fails to agree on a joint communique following disagreement between China and other nations over the South China Sea.
2015-11-4

The 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit and 8th East Asia Summit are held in Brunei.
2013-10-9

Fiji announces that it seeks observer status in ASEAN after its suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum was extended. Timor-Leste seeks to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
2010-08-14