Ediya Co., South Korea's fourth-largest coffee franchise by sales, said Friday it has signed a master franchise deal with a Lao company to enter the Southeast Asian country this year. Ediya plans to open its first outlet in Laos in June under the partnership with Grandview Property Sole Co.

A 22-year-old Chinese actor who had gone missing near the Thailand - Myanmar border said he was a victim of human trafficking after being rescued from an area where online scam networks operate.

Thai police said Wang was trafficked across the Thai-Myanmar border and held captive at KK Park in Myawaddy, which is notorious for its illegal scam operations

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, will chair the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Sunday, where they will discuss

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a specialist policy adviser on Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam for two decades. His work included a 15-year tenure as a political and economic analyst with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

The kingdom has sought to dampen safety concerns among potential Chinese tourists as fears mounted over reported kidnappings on the Thai-Myanmar border.

Wang Yi told ASEAN ambassadors that scamming poses “serious threats to the vital interests of citizens from China and other countries.”

Chinese authorities have reportedly rescued a Chinese model who was caught up in a human-trafficking ring in Myanmar's lawless borderlands.

LANGKAWI, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan is set to chair the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Sunday (Jan 19) in Langkawi, Kedah. The AMM Retreat is the first scheduled meeting in the annual ASEAN calendar at the ministerial level under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship for 2025.

LANGKAWI: Beijing’s proposal to put an end to online scam syndicates in Asean that have ensnared thousands in what the authorities have labelled cyber-slavery, will be discussed at the Asean Foreign Minister’s Retreat (AMM) today,

Beijing is promoting Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China, as a new gateway between China and Asean.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Malaysia, as the new Asean chairman, to follow up on the United Nations Security Council’s resolution to impose