Sweeping tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump next month may overshadow his top diplomat's first official trip to Asia this week -- just as the U.S. seeks to boost relations with Indo-Pacific nations to counter China's growing influence in the region.

Sweeping tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump next month may overshadow his top diplomat’s first official trip to Asia this week — just as the U.S. seeks to boost

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday arrived here in the Malaysian capital city to

The decor at the Four Seasons Kuala Lumpur’s Bar Trigona is as gorgeous as the cocktail menu – think expanses of marble and velvet. There’s a focus on Malaysian ingredients such as pickled ginger and cardamom.

In this sense, the importance of the series of meetings involving the foreign ministers of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and other countries in the coming two days in Kuala Lumpur cannot be overestimated, especially with the US administration continuing to wage its tariff war.

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will lead the Pakistan delegation at the 32nd Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum, being held in Kuala Lumpur on Friday. The meeting will be attended by the Foreign Ministers and representatives of the 27 ASEAN Regional Forum member countries, along with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.

Park Hyatt Kuala Lumpur is set to open next month on the top floors of the Permodalan Nasional Bhd's Merdeka 118, APAC's tallest skyscraper.

A new flight service from the Territory to Kuala Lumpur is set to revolutionise travel to Asia and beyond from the Top End of Australia.

One of the region's most significant diplomatic gatherings is taking shape in Malaysia, as foreign ministers from Asean and its key partners arrived on Monday for the 58th Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) and related meetings.

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