President Lee Jae Myung is set to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, where he will present South Korea's initiatives to strengthen cooperation with the regional bloc and seek support in Seoul's peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino unveiled a new soccer tournament for Southeast Asian nations on Sunday at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Malaysia. Southeast Asia already stages the ASEAN Championship,

The U.S. will exempt some products from tariffs in exchange for lower levies and purchases of U.S. goods across Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

A new tournament, the FIFA ASEAN Cup, will be launched as part of an agreement between FIFA and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), aimed at boosting the development of football across the region.

The news came as President Donald Trump was in Malaysia for a regional leaders summit, and just days before Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

- US President Donald Trump on Sunday arrived in Malaysia to attend the ASEAN summit, a meeting he had skipped several times during his first term. Trump's agenda list itself has a lot of items on it, including trade talks and a peace deal. While Trump will participate in the ASEAN summit, he will also sign a trade deal with Malaysia.

Among the invitees from outside the bloc is US President Donald Trump. Trump primarily wants to attend a ceremony where Thailand and Cambodia sign a recently negotiated peace settlement. The settlement was reached after five days of fighting triggered by border disputes partially due to pressure from Trump,

Asean nations should strengthen cooperation in tackling cross-border crime, as the increasingly complex security-related issues have deeply affected societies and people in the region, said Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.