The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand. It is a regionally international organization with the purpose to promote the cooperation, political stability, trade and economic growth, and social development of the member countries in southeastern Asia. Initially, ASEAN is consisted of 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. After the cold war era, ASEAN has 5 more member countries so the total members are 10 countries. The 5 additional countries are Myanma, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos and Combodia.