KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — The decision on which country will helm the Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) will be based on the agreement among the 68 Asian countries involved, said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan.

INCHEON, May 2 — Asian finance leaders will on Tuesday look for ways to tighten safeguards to address emergency funding needs during pandemics and natural disasters, as global recession fears and volatile financial markets cloud the economic outlook.

TOKYO, Sept 19 — Financial leaders from China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia vowed on Friday to redouble their efforts to help the region recover economically from the novel coronavirus and to defend a multilateral system of trade and investment.