The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was founded on August 8, 1967

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was founded on August 8, 1967, in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by ASEAN's Founding Fathers: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
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