Southeast Asia

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	To oppose or discuss a nomination, please go to CZ:Proposed for deletion and follow the instructions. For the monthly nomination lists, see Category:Articles for deletion. Southeast Asia is a region of the world on the Asian landmass and nearby island nations in the Pacific Ocean. Different organizations define have different descriptions of its scope. Perhaps most definitive is membership of the key regional alliance, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). State ASEAN US reporting Indonesia Yes Yes Malaysia Yes No Philippines Yes No Singapore Yes Yes Thailand Yes Yes Brunei Darussalam Yes No Vietnam Yes Yes Laos Yes Yes Myanmar Yes No Cambodia Yes Yes U.S. government documents, especially those from the Vietnam War, exclude some of these countries. Myanmar/Burma is placed in South Asia. The Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) was created in the Cold War, but was never a viable organization, as was its presumed counterpart, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Other than the Philippines, which was in the Southwest Pacific theater, these countries were part of the China-Burma-India theater in the Second World War.