Many sadly facing ruin in Asian country (7)
I believe the answer is:
myanmar
'asian country' is the definition.
(Myanmar is an example)
'many sadly facing ruin' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'facing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ruin' becomes 'mar' (I've seen this before).
'many' is an anagram of 'myan'.
'myan'+'mar'='MYANMAR'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for myanmar that I've seen before include "Yangon is its capital" , "Far East location" , "Army man in new Burma" , "Newer name for Burma" , "Country of SE Asia" .)