what is better for ASEAN in the future ?if all countries in ASEAN united ?

Food price crisis: What crisis?


Ruined corn crop 
 Corn crops in the US have been devastated by the worst drought in 50 years
Without water, crops cannot grow and the world cannot eat. And this year, there hasn't been enough of it.
The US has seen its worst drought in more than 50 years, vast swathes of Russia have been left parched by lack of rain, India has had a dry monsoon, while rainfall in South America early in the year fell well below expectations

As a direct result, harvests of many crops have been decimated, forcing the price of some cereals back up towards levels last seen four years ago, a time when high prices sparked riots in 12 countries across the world and forced the United Nations to call a food price crisis summit.

ASEAN slammed over CoC


US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a press conference yesterday after the 19th ASEAN Regional Forum Foreign Ministers Retreat, at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

Friday, 13 July 2012
Cheang Sokha and David Boyle
The Phnom Penh Post

‘Utterly irresponsible” and “extremely disappointing” is how Indonesia’s foreign minister described ASEAN’s failure yesterday to agree to the terms for a Code of Conduct on the hotly disputed South China Sea.