Tensions simmering in the South China Sea and violence in Myanmar as Laos takes over ASEAN chair | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

BANGKOK--Simmering tensions in the South China Sea between China and several Southeast Asian nations now regularly spark direct confrontation. Fighting in Myanmar against the military government that seized power three years ago has grown to the point that most say the country is now in a civil war.

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