ASEAN regional forum ends in Bangkok

ASEAN regional forum ends in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Foreign ministers from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), their counterparts from 12 other countries, including Japan, the United States, Russia and China, plus ministers from the European Union wind up an annual meeting on regional security issues in Bangkok on July 27. North Korea participated in the regional meeting for the first time.

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