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Myanmar Executions Should Be a Watershed Moment for ASEAN
By Youk Chhang
ASEAN must make a powerful, unified stand on the right to life and human rights – for the people of Myanmar and for the future of the region.
ASEAN Chair Condemns ‘Highly Reprehensible’ Myanmar Executions
By Sebastian Strangio
The killings demonstrate the regime’s contempt for regional and global opinion. Could they force ASEAN to change its approach to the country’s conflict?
ASEAN Envoy Hails ‘Some Progress’ on Second Myanmar Mission
By Sebastian Strangio
But a briefing for diplomats and the press revealed just how far Myanmar's junta is from implementing ASEAN's Five-Point Consensus peace plan.
ASEAN Special Envoy Begins Second Official Mission to Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
Prak Sokhonn's five-day visit will involve meetings with regime figures and members of select ethnic armed groups, but significant progress is unlikely.
ASEAN Envoy Calls for Release of Aung San Suu Kyi from Solitary Confinement
By Sebastian Strangio
This week, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will begin his second official mission to the country as the bloc's special envoy.
The Myanmar Opposition’s Message to ASEAN Defense Ministers: We Will Prevail
By U Yee Mon
Myanmar's resistance continues to gain momentum. It's time for ASEAN to recalibrate its approach to the country's conflict.
Malaysian FM Meets With Counterpart from Myanmar Opposition Movement
By Sebastian Strangio
The meeting could mark a turning-point in the bloc's approach to the ongoing conflict in its errant member-state.
Malaysian FM Says ASEAN Envoy ‘Welcomes’ Idea of Engaging Myanmar’s NUG
By Sebastian Strangio
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah continues to push for a reassessment of ASEAN's stalled approach to the country's crisis.
The Tangled Politics of Humanitarian Aid in Post-Coup Myanmar
By Sebastian Strangio
ASEAN has come under fire over a plan to channel its humanitarian assistance via the country's military junta.
Myanmar Junta Rejects Suggestion that ASEAN Engage Shadow Government
By Sebastian Strangio
The response reveals once again the coup government's lack of interest in implementing the Southeast Asian bloc's peace plan.
Cambodian PM Pushes Myanmar Junta to Grant Envoy Access to Aung San Suu Kyi
By Sebastian Strangio
Special Envoy Prak Sokhonn could undertake his next mission to the crisis-hit country as early as late May.
Malaysia to Propose ASEAN Contacts With Myanmar’s Shadow Government
By Sebastian Strangio
The Malaysian Foreign Minister has again lamented the junta's lack of cooperation in the implementation of the Southeast Asian bloc's peace plan.