Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star February 19, 2022 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. has urged his counterparts in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to not let big powers make the region their playing field. “Even in the pandemic, the tragedy of great power politics has gotten worse. The big powers keep trying to draw us to their respective ideas,” Locsin said during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in Cambodia on Thursday. “Our region should not be their playing field; it is our front yard. As we find ourselves in the center of…

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