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Pirates are not only in fairy tales, they also exist in real life. It does not mean that they have skulls and cutlasses, it means they attack sea traders and ships carrying valuable cargo

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My reasearch:

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties. Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates. The earliest documented instances of piracy were in the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilizations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for
Ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilizations.
What I have learnt from the text: Pirates use modern technology to attack people. Asean means Association of southeast asian nations. There was a drop in piracy 2006. All southeast asian countries signed an agreement in 2004 pledging to fight piracy.
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Resources: Wikipedia

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- When I think of pirates, the image that comes into my mind is an evil seaman with an eye patch over one eye, a cutlass in his hand and perhaps a parrot perched on his shoulders.

- Piracy began more than 2000 years ago in ancient Greece and they were extremely ruthless people who attacked ships on trading routes for the valuable goods.

- Today, pirates still exist.  They are very advanced, armed with radar, fast motorboats and machine guns, they attack and loot ships plying along the Straits of Malacca.

- It is important that ASEAN countries must cooperate together to fight piracy.

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What I have learnt:
1. I have learnt that pirates nowadays are more ruthless than the past.
2. I have learnt that pirates nowadays are using more hi-tech* things. Examples: They use radar, to locate surrounding boats, instead of going blindly into nowhere to find treasures or to steal fishermen's or any people on boats in the seas' goods, motorboats/speedboats instead of big wooden boats with sails and machine guns instead of lousy cannons.
3. I have learnt that ASEAN stands for "Association of South East Asia Nations".
4. I have learnt that SEA** is one of the many places which has the most number of pirate attacks.
5. I have learnt that SEA has pirate-infested waters.
6. I have learnt that ASEAN is trying to lower down the number of pirate attacks in the pirate-infested waters.
7. I have learnt that ASEAN is meeting up together to discuss ways to solve problems. Currently, there are only 10 countries in ASEAN which is:
1) Brunei
2) Cambodia
3) Indonesia
4) Laos
5) Malaysia
6) Myanmar
7) Philippines
8) Singapore
9) Thailand
10) Vietnam
8. I have learnt that cooperation is important to try to lower down the number of pirate attacks in SEA. Without cooperation, everything will go chaos and there will be more pirate attacks.
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*hi-tech = Higher Technology
**SEA = South East Asia

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I learnt that
- Pirates are real
-  Pirate threats are decreasing as the countries in ASEAN cooperate
- Pirates have hi-tech weapons
- Pirates do not dress in weird clothes. They wear ordinary clothes so that they do not arouse suspision

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What I learnt:

~Piracy not only occurs at sea but ships that are anchored at ports are also at risk.
~Pirates ambushed other vessels by hiding and attacking in mangroves.
~Pirates are an actual problem faced in real life.
~ Every November, the member countries of ASEAN meet to discuss problems. There are 10 countries currently in ASEAN:
1. Brunei
2. Cambodia
3. Singapore
4. Indonesia
5. Malaysia
6. Laos
7. Myanmar
8. Thailand
9. Vietnam
10. Philippines
~ ASEAN stands for Association of South-East Asian Nations.
~ Three quarters of pirate attacks occur in South-East Asia.
~The improvement in technology has allowed the pirates to modernize. They are now armed with fast speed boats, machine guns and radars.
~ Cooperation is important or else the numbers of pirates will increase.

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I have learnt  ~ that pirates exist
~piracy is a act of robbery in the sea
~pirates invade the sea and use modern tecnology
~ASEAN stands for "the Association of South East Asian Nations
~ASEAN consists of Brunai, Cambodia, Indonasia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Phillipines, Thailand and Vietnam

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ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asia. Modern pirates are armed with today's technology. So don't think it is a easy job to defeat these threatening pirates because they have evolved. South East Asia is teaming up to destroy piracy. ASEAN community even started some patrols to stop them over the years.

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1)Pirates are very advanced nowadays as they use modern technology. They are armed with radar, fast motorboats and machine guns.
2) According to the International Maritime Bureau , almost three quarters of all pirate attacks in the world occur here, in Southeast Asia.
3) Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore began coordinated naval patrols in 2004. The following year, these three countries, together with Thailand, set up the "Eyes in the Sky" project------to do joint air patrols over the sea.
4) Countries also cooperated to set up the Information Sharing Centre in Singapore. This centre collects and shares information about Maritime crime to make it easier for the authorities to tackle the problem-----the Pirates.
5)ASEAN stands for "the Association of Southeast Asian Nations".

*SUMMARY:The ASEAN is trying to cooperate together to fight piracy.

*(All from the text)

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What I learnt:
~ Pirates are real
~ Pirates use modern technology.
~ The different countries must cooperate with one another so that they can outsmart the pirates.
~ ASEAN stands for "The Association of Southeast Asia Nations".
~ Pirates, which are baddies, invade seas.

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Stretching from the western most corner of Malaysia to the tip of Indonesia’s Bintan Island, the Malacca and Singapore straits serve as global shipping superhighways. Each year, more than 120,000 ships traverse these waterways, accounting for a third of the world’s marine commerce. Between 70% and 80% of all the oil imported by China and Japan transits the straits.

Southeast Asia was the location of 41% of the world’s pirate attacks between 1995 and 2013. The West Indian Ocean, which includes Somalia, accounted for just 28%, and the West African coast only 18%. During those years, 136 seafarers were killed in Southeast Asian waters as a result of piracy

According to a 2010 study by the One Earth Future Foundation, piracy drains between $7 billion and $12 billion dollars from the international economy each year. The Asian share of that represents buccaneering on a lavish scale, and it is becoming more ambitious. In recent months, well-armed and organized criminal groups have focused their efforts on the oil tankers that exit the narrow Malacca and Singapore straits and venture into the South China Sea.

While the majority of attacks are opportunistic — 80% of total incidents worldwide occur against anchored ships, with thieves looting equipment, crew members’ belongings and any cash found aboard — the attacks this spring have featured large-scale, sophisticated strikes on vessels at sea. These require military coordination and meticulous planning.

This trend only started in the last three months, and ASEAN expects there will be more.
Source: goo.gl/Fa1Ehx
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Pirates use modern technology and are armed with radar, fast motorboats and machine guns.
Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Sri Lanka got together with the Southeast Asian nations ( Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao, Brunei ) in 2004 pledging to fight piracy.
Piracy - the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea
- the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work
synonyms - robbery at sea, theft
Paramount - more important than anything else
- having supreme power
synonyms - supreme
Source : goo.gl/JcyhEh

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I have learned that ASEAN consist of Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam,  Brunei,  Indonesia.
I have learned that Men is not the only gender who works as pirates, there are women pirates well such as Anne Bonny and Mary Read.

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ASEAN cooperates together to send patrols such as security jets and speed boats around the sea. This would make it harder for pirate raids. If there is one, they can chase after them and stop them. Also, three-fourth of pirate attacks are in south east asia's waters.

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Not all piracy takes place at sea. Ships that are anchored at port can also be at risk. These ports had the highest number of piracy incidents in 2010.

The major products of the ASEAN countries are electronics, petroleum, and wood. The total Gross domestic product of these countries are $1,073.9 billion USD.

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Morden pirates have morden technology. They are also often spotted in normal clothes.
ASEAN stands for The Association of Southeast Asian nations. Malaysia, indonesia and singapore work together to stop the pirates

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Pirates: Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.

ASEAN: ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which contains of ten nations: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand and Philippines.

Pirates are more modern nowadays. Their boats are armed with radar, fast motorboats and machine guns. However, pirate in the older days used swords and cannons. Not all pirates were men. Even though women were not allowed on board then, there were many women pirates like Anne Bonny, Mary Read and Flora Burn. The mention of the infamous men pirate Blackbeard will still send shivers Down your spine.

ASEAN vs piracy

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Modern Pirates :Many pirates' weapons are specialized to their geographic location, with the most dangerous usually being in the South China Sea and Somalia. Geographic occurrences. With the recent news about the pirate capture off Somalia, it may appear to some that modern pirates are isolated to this geographic area

When was the last pirate attack?

On 13 March 2017, the Aris 13, was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula, the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012.

Where the pirates live?

This consisted of Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, privateers and pirates waited along the coast of North America for Spanish ships full of treasure on their way home to Spain. As the New World grew and trade expanded, so did piracy.

This is mainly about ASEAN...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political, economic, and cultural organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. Founded in 1967, its aim is to foster cooperation and mutual assistance among members. The countries meet regularly every November in summits.

The current member countries are:

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

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Pirates are nowadays equipped with machine guns,radar and speedboats.ASEAN will need to cooperate to fight the pirate threat.If ASEAN does not cooperate,pirates would slip through their fingers.

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Cooperation is key. If they do not cooperate, they would not be able to catch the pirates quickly. Six countries have come together to stop piracy. After the countries have cooperated with each other, the amount of piracy has fallen. Teamwork is super important. For example if one guy was chasing pirates, they can’t cross oceans. And the pirates can escape without getting caught. So if they work together they can cross oceans without permission.

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- modern pirates first surfaced in the 1980s, and before 2006, the number of pirate attacks increased bit by bit, and in the 1st half of 2004, 200 attacks were reported worldwide

- when pirates first appeared, Singapore, Malaysia
Indonesia and Thailand cooperated by setting up projects and made piracy rates drop in 2006

- every year, coast guard officers from SouthEast Asia  and even other Asian countries meet and discuss how to cooperate and combat piracy

- most modern pirates wear normal clothes and masks (in the picture)

- modern pirates are armed with automatic weapons and grenades

- modern pirates board small boats which are supplied by larger boats called motherships

- there are 2 types of modern pirates: small pirates which earn money for themselves, and organised pirates which attack in large groups and sometimes have connections with the government

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I have learnt that pirates now use modern technology, not swords and knives. They use radar, fast motorboats and machine guns. The ASEAN is currently trying to cooperate and defend themselves from piracy.

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What i have learnt about pirates:
Pirates don't have to be men, there were famous pirate women like Anne Bonny and Mary Read who joined Jack Rackham, However, they weren't allowed on board.
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What i have learnt about ASEAN:
-  There are 10 countries in ASEAN, they are :

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

-   ASEAN was Founded in 1967.

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Share with your classmates what you have learned from the text and your research.
Here are additional resources for your research:

Pirates:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bjZE3gAR_I
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/history/pirates/treasures-east/
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/news/pirate-problems/

ASEAN:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsOahjJxONM
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/as/ASEAN
https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations

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During the 18th century, traders and explorers on long sea trips were likely to be attacked by bands of pirates, who sailed the seas looking for ships to plunder. The West Indies, where many pirates hid among the islands, was an especially dangerous area.