Subtle threat to ASEAN: US indifference to Indonesia and Thailand

Long-awaited diplomatic moves by Washington endanger bloc's solidarity

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U.S. President Joe Biden has only just begun to make diplomatic moves toward ASEAN. (Nikkei montage/AP/Ken Kobayashi)

TORU TAKAHASHI, editor-in-chief, Editorial Headquarters for Asia

BANGKOK -- Six months after the inauguration of President Joe Biden, the U.S. has finally begun diplomatic overtures to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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