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Indonesian FM Criticizes Myanmar Junta Over ASEAN Peace Plan
By Sebastian Strangio
The Southeast Asian bloc continues to affirm its support for the Five-Point Consensus, but member states seem unsure how to encourage its implementation.
Myanmar Violence, South China Sea Tensions Top Agenda Ahead of ASEAN Meetings
By Jintamas Saksornchai
The bloc's foreign ministers and their international counterparts are meeting at a tense time in regional affairs.
ASEAN Must Step-up or Face Irrelevance on the Myanmar Crisis
By Thiha Wint Aung, Jaivet Ealom, and Mehek Berry
There are three basic things the Southeast Asian bloc could do to more effectively address the country's crisis.
ASEAN Calls Again for End to Myanmar Violence As Conflicts Flare
By Sebastian Strangio
Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc have spoken out following the fall of Myawaddy on the Thai border.
Southeast Asians Don’t Really Care About the Myanmar Crisis
By David Hutt
A recent survey of regional elite opinion shows a surprising lack of regional concern about the country's ongoing conflict.
Myanmar Humanitarian Corridor to Be Established Soon, Thai FM Says
By Sebastian Strangio
But the ASEAN-endorsed aid plan will be tightly constrained by its reliance on the cooperation of Myanmar's military junta.
Myanmar Junta Sends Representative to ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
By Sebastian Strangio
Marlar Than Htaik, the permanent secretary of the junta's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is attending this week's two-day retreat in Laos.
New ASEAN Envoy on Myanmar Meets Junta Chief on First Mission
By Sebastian Strangio
Alounkeo Kittikhoun is undertaking his first mission to Myanmar after taking up the rotating post at the start of this month.
ASEAN Members Need to Think of ASEAN
By SUKEGAWA Seiya
Recent years have seen the association’s members increasingly going their own way.
ASEAN Gives Laos a Reprieve Over Myanmar Crisis
By David Hutt
But let’s not get carried away with the bloc's new “troika” on Myanmar.
ASEAN Summits Highlight Familiar Shortcomings
By Sebastian Strangio
The bloc managed to adopt stronger language on the conflict in Myanmar, but remains adrift in the South China Sea.
ASEAN Tweaks Its Approach Toward Military-Ruled Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
The Southeast Asian bloc has taken a number of small but important steps forward in its handling of the country's crisis.
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