ASEAN Explained

You may or may not have heard of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations before, but what exactly is it, and how does it work?

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[KhAnubis]

A couple things I should probably clear up first:
1:36 No, Sabah and Sarawak didn't join ASEAN separately, or anything like that. In 1961 they weren't part of Malaya, but by 1967 they became part of Malaysia (also no, "Malaya" isn't a typo)
1:58 Yeah, I said "$2.5 trillion" while the text says "$3.0 trillion". I made a small mistake in the script, so the text is right.

[EvoSwatch]

East Timor wants to join ASEAN.

Indonesia & Philippines: "Sure."
Singapore & Laos: "Not yet, you still are too poor."
ASEAN: "You have to meet the requirements first."

>Sad East Timor...

[theaseanchannel]

Lets go ASEAN.. Together we will rise stronger..

[ivanhimself]

Idk man, as an Asean citizen I perceived our country have love-hate relationship with each other member

[thantzweaung]

As a citizen of an ASEAN nation (Myanmar), I find it hilarious that outsiders expect action from ASEAN member nations whenever there is some political issue in a member nation. Not interfering with internal political affairs of other member nations by any means is one of the basic rules of ASEAN. ASEAN is primarily for economic cooperation & partially for lavish sports events.

[AJMerrick]

You should do The Commonwealth, EU, African Union etc

[kitfisto]

1:21 got me laughing. As a citizen of an ASEAN member state (Thailand), I really enjoyed this video and I think its good to serve as a good introduction for non-ASEAN viewers as well.

[wiIdirishroses]

"Southeast Asian't"
I will now call anyone that who isnt south east asian.

[hazimhamid]

As an Asean myself, I would say our relationship is like love-hate. We fight over stupid things like food, culture, sports especially football etc. Despite that, we're still like one big family that love to argue with each other, but in the end would always walk together in the park during sunset.

Also, calling Asean as the EU of southeast Asia is like saying English language was created in America.

[reminjing]

Haha, the example you adopted in which China says “我的” in Chinese while USA responded with “ yeah, it’s water, we get it.” is absolutely hilarious! You made my day!

[quirstenjethro]

As an ASEAN Citizen (Filipino) I suggest that they should talk about the horrible pollution of the members and do a massive reforestation where each member plant 100 plants a day for a year

[flfpvid]

2:26 Why isn't ASEAN day a holiday though? :(

[untilnow]

Are we ever gonna see a brexit in ASEAN?

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

I represented Vietnam in ASEAN at a Model UN conference a year ago. We talked about the South China Sea. We didn't come up with a solution we all agreed with (which the chairs expected us to not agree on one) but it was fun. My friend was China

[Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Hope us ASEAN states work together to avoid Chinese influence and aggression.
Hope we can protect each other at times of war too

[alkfsa]

Asean nations hate each other whenever it comes to sport (especially SEA games and football) and territorial disputes.
But in the end all of them have that proudness as an asean citizen whenever they meet each other in foreign countries, or when they share cultural differences and *foods*

[christophertito]

Nice. I'd also like to add that while the Asean is obviously nowhere near the EU in terms of success in regional integration and cooperation, they are in fact the Second most successful regional organisation in the world after the EU if we compare it to other organizations in Latin America or South Asia.

[fariqazka]

7:10
"Dukung kami di Patreon"
"Support us on Patreon"
Hey your grammar is really good!

[EzekielDeLaCroix]

ASEAN is one of the most perfectly balanced supranational organizations ever.

[Daniel-htwr]

I got a good laugh out of that ”我的“ "water" joke