ASEAN Top News, established in Phnom Penh in August 2018, is a digital news agency that received approval from Cambodia’s Ministry of Information to operate. The organization describes itself as a “digital network news agency” focused on “disseminating comprehensive information about the ten ASEAN countries and China, and promoting exchanges and cooperation between the ten ASEAN countries and China.” Founded by “senior media professionals from ASEAN countries and China,” the agency launched its official website on September 2, 2018, providing news in Chinese, English, and Khmer languages. The organization claims to uphold “independence, objectivity, neutrality, and professionalism” in its news philosophy and plans to establish bureaus across ASEAN capitals including Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Naypyitaw, Vientiane, and Bandar Seri Begawan, as well as Beijing and Nanning, operating within Cambodia’s increasingly restricted media environment where independent outlets face government censorship.