INQUIRER.net: Sea disputes, N. Korea in spotlight at Asean summit

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Sea disputes, N. Korea in spotlight at Asean summit Apr 23rd 2013, 00:38 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei—Worried that long-seething rifts could escalate over the South China Sea, Southeast Asian leaders are expected this week to press China to agree to start negotiations on a new pact aimed at thwarting a major clash in one of the world's busiest waterways.   Concern over North Korea's latest threats is also expected to gain attention over economic issues in the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, being held Wednesday and Thursday in Brunei's capital of Bandar Seri Begawan.   The 10-nation bloc is scrambling to beat a deadline to transform the strikingly diverse region of 600 million people into a Eur... Keep on reading: Sea disputes, N. Korea in spotlight at Asean summit Media files: sea-dispute.jpg (image/jpeg)

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