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Originally formed, by five countries, in 1961 as the Association of Southeast Asia, the group was intended as an alliance against communism. Over the years it has developed into a powerful economic area.
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ASEAN is diverse. There are 10 official languages but English is the working language. Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim country while over 95% of Thailand is Buddhist and over 80% of the Philippines is Roman Catholic.
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In 2006, it received observer status at the UN General Assembly. There's talk one day of having a single currency. like the Euro, but that's way down the road.
Here's a short video from 2016 that I found out on YouTube.
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