In Laos, the administration looked at the Eisenhower administration efforts to show determination by sailing a naval fleet into Southeast Asian waters as a useless gesture.

But why was Laos the new Southeast Asian battleground??

Aramaic spread across Asia, reaching as far as India and becoming Brahmi, the ancestral abugida to most modern Indian and Southeast Asian scripts.

* Latest day on which New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asian cultures can fall.

* 1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) bringing the number of members to 10.

* 1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

* New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asian cultures, celebrated on the sidereal vernal equinox:

Brunei recognised Bangladesh quickly with other Southeast Asian countries and Bangladesh established residential Diplomatic mission in 1985, although it was closed down from 1988 to 1997 due to financial constraints.

The MOU further strengthened bilateral cooperation between the two Southeast Asian countries, particularly in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments.

* Conical Asian hat, a simple style of straw hat originating in East and Southeast Asia

The genetic evidence was interpreted as showing the Southeast Asian Nicobar Pigeon to be their closest living relative, followed by the Crowned Pigeons of New Guinea and the superficially Dodo-like Tooth-billed Pigeon from Samoa.

The largest Asian diaspora outside of Southeast Asia is the Indian diaspora.

The trend is similarly evident in industries such as soft drink and bottled water manufacturing, as well as global cocoa, chocolate, and sugar confectionery manufacturing, forecast to grow by 5. 7 % and 10. 0 % respectively during 2008 in response to soaring demand in Chinese and Southeast Asian markets.

There are also a large graffiti influences in Southeast Asian countries that mostly come from modern Western culture, such as Malaysia, where graffiti has long been a common sight in Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur.

The territory is in addition the East and Southeast Asian headquarters for most of the major international communications and media services.

A study of Asian genetics points to the idea that the original humans in Asia came from in Southeast Asia.

India has also forged close ties with the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the African Union, the Arab League and Iran.

A cornerstone of Indonesia's contemporary foreign policy is its participation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ), of which it was a founding member in 1967 with Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

This category includes the Council of Europe ( CoE ), European Union ( EU ), NATO, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, African Union ( AU ), Organization of American States ( OAS ), Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ), Arab League, and Union of South American Nations.

Southeast Asian kingdoms included tusks of the Indian elephant in their annual tribute caravans to China.

In Southeast Asian countries where Muslim Malay peoples live, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, ivory was the material of choice for making the handles of kris daggers.

The developing countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ) regarded Japan as critical to their development.

Toshiki Kaifu's much publicized spring 1991 tour of five Southeast Asian nations — Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, and the Philippines — culminated in a 3 May major foreign policy address in Singapore, in which he called for a new partnership with the ASEAN and pledged that Japan would go beyond the purely economic sphere to seek an " appropriate role in the political sphere as a nation of peace.

* 1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN ).

In East and Southeast Asia, these are forms such as Korean, Khmer or Mongolian wrestling and Japanese Sumo, in South and Southwest Asia Indo-Persian Pehlwani, in Central and Western Asia Turkic ( Uzbek, Tatar ) styles ; in Europe, there are Icelandic, Swiss and various English wrestling traditions.

Much later, the European colonial powers threatened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but Thailand survived as the only Southeast Asian state to avoid European colonial rule because the French and the English decided it would be a neutral territory to avoid conflicts between their colonies.

In addition, the dominance of English colonists over the Southeast led to a discounting of Spanish sources for some time.

During her time there, Clarkson won a Governor General's Medal in English before graduating in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in the subject, and then travelling with her parents to East and Southeast Asia.

Further, she said, Korean men characterize Southeast Asian women as friendly, hardworking ( due to agrarian backgrounds ), " docile and obedient, able to speak English, and are familiar with Korean patriarchal culture ".

For example, the Southeast Anchor Library has a program for new speakers of English and Spanish to practice their conversation skills informally.

Laguna de Bay ( Filipino: Lawa ng Bay ; English: Lake of Bay ) is the largest lake in the Philippines and the third largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia ( in terms of surface area ) after Tonle Sap in Cambodia and Lake Toba in Sumatra, Indonesia.

The anime series was also broadcast by Animax on its respective networks around the world, including its English networks in Southeast Asia under the French title Ailes Grises ( Grey Wings ).

The English dubbed version of the series were broadcast in Southeast Asia by AXN-Asia.

It first aired between October 9 to December 25, 2003 on BS-i, TBS and Animax, who also subsequently broadcast it worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, under the title Lunar Legend Tsukihime.

In Southeast Asia, it is known as bok nee in local English ( from the Hokkien 木耳 bo ̍ k-ní ) and is used in the salad kerabu bok nee.

The first two television series were aired with English subtitles on AXN Asia's networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

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These included DRAMAmazing race 2 by Singapore Drama Educators Association ( SDEA ) which involved school students solving puzzles and making use of good English to complete the race that was similar to the Amazing race, and the inter-school Scrabble Championship 2005 that was put together by Mattel Southeast Asia.

It has been regularly broadcast across Japan on the anime satellite television network, Animax, who have also later translated and dubbed the series into English for broadcast across its respective English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, under the title Conan, The Boy In Future.

Chao, Thai language lord: may also be transliterated čhao, câo, jao in Thai royal and noble titles and in the name of the Chao Phraya River ; from Middle Chinese 主 ( ćǘ ) " master ;" often rendered in English as " king " or " chief ," the latter in allusion to either Chief of the Name or tribal chief, according to relative standing in mandala ( Southeast Asian history )

Hinton later accepted a post as an English teacher at the Northern University in Southeast Shanxi province, near Changzhi City, in a liberated district.

Many foreign observers, especially from Australia and Southeast Asia have also been critical about the reinstatement of Portuguese, to which they would prefer English or Indonesian.

It has also been broadcast across Japan by the anime satellite television network, Animax, who have aired the series across its respective networks worldwide, including East Asia, Latin America, and as well as its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

The series has been licensed for North American distribution by Bandai's distributive unit across the region, Bandai Entertainment, who have released the series via a four-volume DVD release, and whose English dub has also been broadcast by Animax across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

Animax also later aired the series across its other networks worldwide, including its English language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia, as well as its other networks in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Latin America and several other regions.