同理，对于朝鲜的挑衅 — — 如继续进行核试验以及2010年袭击韩国天安号护卫舰造成46名水兵丧生 — — 东盟也保持了沉默，因为一些成员国同情朝鲜政权。
Similarly, ASEAN’s response to North Korea’s provocations – such as ongoing nuclear tests and the 2010 attack that sunk the South Korean corvette Cheonan, killing 46 seamen – has been muted, owing to some ASEAN member states’ sympathy for the North Korean regime.