United Nations leader Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday he planned to visit Myanmar 'as soon as possible', after talks with President Thein Sein where he urged progress on nascent reforms.

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Southeast Asian leaders agreed on Thursday to allow Myanmar to chair their bloc in 2014, in a victory for the new government seeking international legitimacy after a series of reform moves.

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The Philippine president is set to court support from his Southeast Asian allies at summit talks this week to form a united front against China over a high seas territorial dispute.

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