Asian Geographic - 08.2018

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Jul 31, 1961 ASA is founded Sep 16, 1963 The Federation of Malaysia is formed Aug 9, 1965 Singapore gains independence Aug 11, 1 ...

The five signatories on the Bangkok Declaration. The five men who sat in a seaside resort in 1967 and engaged in days of negotia ...

feature | aSeaN “Grandpa was a quiet man,” says Ramos’s grandson, Ranjit Shahani. “He showed his example by doing, not by talkin ...

Above left Adam Malik (left) and George Bush at the 26th United Nations General Assembly in 1971, of which Malik was elected pre ...

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ASEAN heads of government attend the first ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia. The two-day Summit took place from Februar y 23 to 2 ...

DATA SOURCES: ASEAN SECRETARIAT, DR ADAM LEONG KOK WEY/THE DIPLOMAT, THE BRUNEI TIMES, ASIAONE, KATERINA FRANCISCO/RAPPLER, RICH ...

“He wanted to have a close relationship, a personal relationship, with other leaders, especially the five founding fathers of AS ...

BRUNEI (Protectorate) INDONESIA CAMBODIA LAOS MALAYSIA SINGAPORE PHILIPPINES VIETNAM MYANMAR THAILAND It was the irresistibly lu ...

Country Ruled/Occupied by Independence BRUNEI CAMBODIA INDONESIA LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM Br ...

feature | aSeaN They say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. ASIAN Geographic asked five experts to imagine a future ...

It is tempting to criticise ASEAN because of its shortcomings, but can we imagine a peaceful and stable Southeast Asia without i ...

For the tourism industry, the existence of ASEAN as a governing body has been an immense blessing. Ounethouang Khaophanh, the La ...

For the vast majority, a day without ASEAN would look very much like any other day. Farmers would tend their crops, factories wo ...

feature | ASEAN Her 10 member states banded together to secure the first Asian miracle: peace in a conflict-fraught region. We p ...

the SoutheASt ASiAn region Southeast Asia is located east of India and South of China. The area is divided up into two geographi ...

Fields of poppy flowers did not initially cover the lush highlands straddling Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. And while this region, ...

DATA SOURCES: NAIDU RATNALA THULAJA,NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD, JONATHAN SAHA, ASHLEY WRIGHT, PURDUE, ROUGH GUIDES, ROOTS, JEFFREY H ...

Adventure ASEAN With its mesmerising coral seas, mountainous rainfore9s and gorgeous scenery, Southe a9 Asia is blessed with pri ...