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U.S. Department of State Background Notes: East Asia and the Pacific

Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international
organizations and are updated periodically. Background Notes for some countries
are currently unavailable.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (3/92)
Australia (10/00)
Brunei (10/00)
Cambodia (1/96)
China (11/00)
Fiji (5/96)
Hong Kong (11/00)
Indonesia (10/00)
Japan (7/00)
Kiribati (5/96)
Laos (9/00)
Macau (8/94)
Malaysia (10/00)
Marshall Islands (7/00)
Micronesia, Federated States of (6/96)
Mongolia (11/00)
New Zealand (10/00)
North Korea (10/00)
Palau (5/96)
Papua New Guinea (11/00)
Philippines (10/00)
Samoa -- see under former name of Western Samoa
Singapore (10/00)
Solomon Islands (3/99)
South Korea (6/00)
Taiwan (10/00)
Thailand (10/00)
Vanuatu (3/99)
Vietnam (9/00)
Western Samoa (6/96)

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