About

About Us

We are a group of people from the region who are interested and believe in the development of ASEAN. People at the ASEAN Society are solely independent personnel, voicing their own views and thoughts in this web community.

Our Vision

Our vision is to bring together people from the ASEAN member countries, targeting mainly at youth at large and to instill a sense of belonging in the Southeast Asian community. We provide information, personal views, thoughts, and most importantly raise awareness about ASEAN to not only people in this region, but also the whole world. We believe in educating the ASEAN way from young. It is our dream that the young at large can be part of our ASEAN society. We aim to create an online platform, promoting growth and integration of ASEAN community, bringing about effective communication and active learning amongst ASEAN people.

Let’s join in and be a part of this ASEAN community.

We start small, but with great goals- Just like ASEAN.

About ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original Member Countries, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.

As of 2006, the ASEAN region has a population of about 560 million, a total area of 4.5 million square kilometers, a combined gross domestic product of almost US$ 1,100 billion, and a total trade of about US$ 1,400 billion.

To understand more about ASEAN, visit http://www.asean.org/

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