The two men have concluded the first free-trade agreement between America and an East Asian country.
He was arrested in a a south-east Asian country but he is currently being held in Sri Lanka.
Mr Pathmanathan is now in the custody of the Sri Lankan authorities after reportedly being picked up earlier in a south-east Asian country.
The MD of one consultancy told us how its intelligence-gathering dissuaded a blue-chip British company from a potentially damaging investment in a corrupt privatisation in a south-east Asian country.
Long before Feng shui became trendy, East-Asian designs abounded in the country homes of Japanophile and master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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It is yet another demonstration of the appeal of free institutions, in this case to people with East Asian value systems and in a country with the largest Muslim population in the world.
An early signing of a free-trade agreement between India and the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expected.
For weeks the military regime has delayed pronouncing a verdict in its trial, perhaps so as not to embarrass fellow members of the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), meeting for its annual summit this week in Thailand.
In the spirit of openness now sweeping the country, officials acknowledge that the economy was in no shape, for instance, to prosper after Myanmar's planned entry into a single market among the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations in 2015.
Hopefully, after the summit, U.S. policy will refocus on its real interests in East Asia, while honestly admitting that America is not an Asian country and should no longer presume to command the region.
The diversity of an East Asian cruise means that almost every day is a new stop, often in a new country, with a chance to learn about a new unique culture and ancient traditions.
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