(Bullit Marquez/Associated Press)VIENTIANE, Laos — A summit of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss issues ranging from terrorism to South China Sea tensions opened Tuesday, overshadowed by the Philippine president’s intemperate comments in his debut appearance at the annual meeting. The other male Southeast Asian leaders were dressed in dark business suits. Rolled-up sleeves are considered too casual for any formal setting, let alone a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN. Duterte rolled his sleeves down and buttoned them when Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith gave a speech to open the summit. The shoal is part of the larger dispute in the South China Sea between China and some ASEAN countries.

Source: Washington Post September 06, 2016 07:39 UTC