Unity in motion: Asean ministers, including then Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (fourth from left) participating in a signing ceremony during the organisation’s first meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, in August 1967. — AFP
TRY imagining a world where the Middle East is at peace. The thought seems almost inconceivable. Imagine a world where Israel and Palestine, two nations splintered from one piece of territory, live harmoniously.
Impossible? This is what Malaysia and Singapore accomplished. After an acrimonious divorce in 1965, they now live together in peace.
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