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A girl rides her bicycle to school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Myanmar violence, Ukraine war loom over ASEAN meetings

By David Rising - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to O'Connor Farms, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Kankakee, Ill. Biden visited the farm to discuss food supply and prices as a result of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

China bristles at Biden’s ASEAN summit, wary of power struggle with U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo, President Joe Biden participates virtually in the U.S.-ASEAN Summit from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021.
Mr. Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a summit in Washington next month, the White House announced on Saturday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Biden to host ASEAN leaders in Washington next month

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Illustration on ASEAN and China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

South China Sea code of conduct clock runs down

By James Borton

Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute, holding banner read &quot; Yangon Strike will defeat all enemies&quot; during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar during an emergency summit in Jakarta with its top general and coup leader. (AP Photo)

Myanmar protests continue after ASEAN peace initiative

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Police officers stand guard outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat ahead of a leaders' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, April 23, 2021. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations is scheduled to hold a special summit to discuss Myanmar on Saturday. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

ASEAN leaders tell Myanmar coup general to end killings

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 8, 2021, file photo, anti-coup protesters walk through a market with images of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar. Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals could cause a regional refugee crisis as political strife following a Feb. 1 coup displace growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods. coming in a couple hours. (AP Photo, File)

Myanmar refugee crisis brewing as turmoil hits economy

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Anti-coup protesters display pictures of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Police in Myanmar repeatedly used tear gas and rubber bullets Tuesday against crowds protesting last month's coup, but the demonstrators regrouped after each volley and tried to defend themselves with barricades as standoffs between protesters and security forces intensified. (AP Photo)

Southeast Asian nations urge halt to violence in Myanmar

By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, sits during a meeting with Vietnam's National Assembly's Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monhday, Oct. 19, 2020. Suga is on an official visit to Vietnam. (Kham/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s PM, in Indonesia, says SE Asia key for his nation

By NINIEK KARMINI and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

US envoy accuses China of insincerity toward Southeast Asia

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

This image taken from video provided by VTV shows U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking during an online meeting with ASEAN foreign ministers on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. During the meeting, Pompeo slashed out on China saying Beijing does not respect fundamental democratic values and urged ASEAN nations to act against China's dominance. (VTV via AP)

US to ASEAN: Reconsider deals with blacklisted China firms

By HAU DINH and YVES DAM VAN - Associated Press

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam Friday, June 26, 2020. Leaders from the Southeast Asian ten-nation bloc hold the bi-annual summit via online video conference to discuss regional issues. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

ASEAN tackles emergency virus fund, sea feud in video summit

By HAU DINH and YVES VAN DAM - Associated Press

From left, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ,Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith pose for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Nonthaburi, Thailand Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Trump absent, ASEAN charts path for trade bloc led by China

By JIM GOMEZ and GRANT PECK - Associated Press

Philippines: China wanted to restrict foreign forces at sea

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Thai trade minister says progress made in free trade pact

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Asia-Pacific ministers push dialogue to end region’s spats

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, get ready for ASEAN-U.S. meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

US decries Chinese dams, disruption of Mekong River

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Top diplomats gather in Bangkok for key Asia-Pacific talks

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

From left, Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, Myanmar Minister of State for Foreign Affaires Kyaw Tin, Philippines Foreign Affaires Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, Vietnam Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Brunei Second Minister of Foreign affaires and Trade Erywan Yusof, and Cambodia Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn clap after posing for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

US-China trade war, sea row in ASEAN summit spotlight

By JIM GOMEZ and KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA - Associated Press

ASEAN ministers rock no boats in Myanmar, South China Sea

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