Protesters hold a pre-dawn rally in Myanmar’s second largest city and more protests are planned for the day.

More protests are held in Myanmar against the recent coup in the country, amid diplomatic efforts to resolve a deepening crisis triggered by the putsch.

The news was broadcast by the military's channel, Myawaddy TV, shortly after the military coup succeeded.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or the RCEP is the world’s largest free trade deal, and has taken 8 years to formulate.

The RCEP, the new multilateral trade agreement, which is expected to further strengthen America’s arch rival, has been hailed as the most far reaching trade deal in history.

Fifteen Asia-Pacific economies sign a China-backed trade deal that excludes the US.

The United Nations (UN) says it will hold a virtual international donor conference to address a “dramatic shortfall” in aid funding for Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls on Asian nations to remain “vigilant” in the face of the United States’ strategy of fueling geopolitical tensions in the South China Sea and other parts of the region.

The United States says it will do everything it can to support China’s rivals in territorial disputes, setting a one-size-fits-all, openly hostile policy toward Beijing.

South Korea has marked 30 years of partnership with ASEAN by hosting the ASEAN - Korea Summit in Busan, the largest ever hosted by the South’s president, Moon Jae-in.