VIENTIANE: North Korea’s defiant missile testing and the South China Sea territorial row were among a barrage of security threats in focus on Thursday as US President Barack Obama gathered with East Asian leaders in Laos.
The annual event this year comes at a time of heightened tensions on a wide range of fronts across the region, with terrorism also a concern after deadly bomb blasts in Thailand and the Philippines in recent weeks.
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