A group of 10 Southeast Asian countries remains firm against North Korea's nuclear weapons program as it poses a grave threat to regional peace, but has a reserved attitude toward action on Pyongyang's human rights conditions, officials said Friday.
All members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have diplomatic ties with both South and North Korea, but traditionally, ASEAN had more tilted toward Pyongyang in the past as several countries shared a historic experience of socialism.