ASEAN Summit: Kuala Lumpur Declaration charts bloc's direction for next 2 decades
Southeast Asian leaders in Malaysia's capital have signed a landmark declaration. The ASEAN Community Vision 2045 sets the course of action for the next two decades, with the immediate challenges of more-than-usual uncertainty in global trade accompanied by tension in geopolitics. Melissa Goh and Rebecca Metteo report from Kuala Lumpur.
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