ASEAN unwilling to get tough on North Korea for economic benefits

In the year since the historic first U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit in Singapore, ASEAN countries have become unwilling to get tough on North Korea, with some eyeing economic benefits from Pyongyang in the future.The 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have been trying to improve ties with North Korea, as the possibility has waned that Pyongyang will be engaged in a military conflict with Washington, jeopardizing regional stability.A few companies in ASEAN, meanwhile, are paying close attention to North Korea's economic potential and they have exported goods to t…READ FULL ARTICLE