Laos ASEAN

FILE - Chinese coast guard ships block Philippine coast guard BRP Cabra as it tried to head towards Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea during a rotation and resupply mission on Aug. 22, 2023. Simmering tensions in the South China Sea between China and several Southeast Asian nations now regularly spark direct confrontation, while coordinated attacks on the military-run government that seized control of Myanmar three years ago have grown to the point that most say the country is now in a civil war. It's with this backdrop that Laos, the poorest and one of the smallest countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is taking over as the bloc's rotating chair. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file)

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