It is no surprise that a top member of the Trump administration, like Hegseth, faces concerns, as there have been worries that the boss himself may not be keen on Southeast Asia.

Hegseth responded at the heated Senate confirmation ... ASEAN is made up of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Excited miners celebrated finding a rich vein of gold at a mining pit in Myanmar. Footage shows the workers shovelling dirt ...

Trump is not, as some claim, an isolationist. How this will play out in the region remains to be seen, but it is unlikely the junta can expect ties with the US to warm.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy announced Friday that he would vote to confirm Pete Hegseth to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.

Republicans appear poised to confirm Trump’s controversial nominee to lead the government’s largest and most complex agency ...

In a heated Senate confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, Sen. Tammy Duckworth grilled the proposed defense secretary over ...

A senator told Hegseth: "I suggest you do a little homework before you prepare for these types of negotiations." ...

Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea are “observer states". Pete Hegseth doesn't know which countries are in ASEAN when asked by Senator Tammy ...

asked Pete Hegseth if could name one member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, describe what type of agreement the U.S. had with the countries and how many nations were in the bloc.