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Last updated: October 2026

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is the ten-member bloc that keeps Southeast Asia's peace and runs its trade diplomacy. Caught between the United States and China, ASEAN centrality is the region's answer to great-power pressure.

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Singapore chokes through the world's… — Magna Bureau

With AQI at 216 and the Marina Bay skyline reduced to a silhouette, Singapore faces its worst haze in years as a super El Nino feeds Indonesian peat fires and the night race looms.

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Association of Southeast Asian Nations — full profile: members, data and context.

Member states (11)

United States China Russia India Indonesia Australia South Korea Japan Canada Malaysia Vietnam New Zealand Singapore Pakistan Thailand Philippines Cambodia Burma Brunei Laos

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