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