 | East Timor gets nod to join ASEAN grouping as 11th memberEast Timor is the youngest country in Southeast Asia, having gained independence from Indonesia in 2002 after 24 years of occupation. |
 | China scores diplomatic coup in South China Sea rowSoutheast Asian nations issued a diluted statement on the dispute and agreed to Beijing's terms on talks over the decades-long dispute at ASEAN today. |
