KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 22 — Asean and China could work together on boosting multilateralism, especially in reforming the United Nations (UN) to ensure the international body remains effective and relevant amidst evolving global dynamics.

HANOI, Nov 12 —  Southeast Asian leaders kicked off a multilateral summit on Thursday expected to address tensions in the South China Sea and tackle plans for a post-pandemic economic recovery in a region where US-China rivalry has been rising.

TIOMAN, Malaysia — Every weekend, a team of volunteers comb the coastline of the Malaysian resort of Tioman to collect plastic trash that washes up on the white-sand beaches of the island lapped by the South China Sea.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 14 — The government safeguards the nation’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests including over areas in the South China Sea, by ensuring that patrol and activities are conducted by the related enforcement agencies.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 — The Asean Regional Forum (ARF), the annual regionwide Asia-Pacific multilateral forum on peace and security, will convene tomorrow (Sept 12) under very challenging security situations caused by the coronavirus and the escalating tensions in the South China Sea.

REUTERS, July 21 — Tensions between the United States and China over the South China Sea have erupted into a war of words on social media, in what analysts see as a change in US strategy amid a burgeoning superpower rivalry in Southeast Asia.

WASHINGTON, July 15 — The top US diplomat for East Asia warned on Tuesday that Washington could respond with sanctions against Chinese officials and enterprises involved in coercion in the South China Sea after the United States announced a tougher stance to Beijing's claims there.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — Chinese coast guard and navy ships intruded into Malaysian waters in the disputed South China Sea 89 times between 2016 to 2019, and often remained in the area even after being turned away by the Malaysian navy, the government said in a report on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, July 14 — The United States on Monday rejected China's disputed claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, a move that Beijing criticized as inciting tensions in the region and which highlighted an increasingly testy relationship.

PUTRAJAYA, June 26 — Malaysia's position regarding the South China Sea has been clear and consistent, with views it should remain a sea of peace and trade, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. "Malaysia holds the view that the South China Sea should remain a sea of peace and...