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UN special envoy on Myanmar meets with ASEAN counterpart

The top U.N. envoy dealing with the crisis in Myanmar has met with her counterpart from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to discuss their joint efforts to promote peacemaking in the strife-torn nation

The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022

Cambodia's progress has been stalled

The situation in Cambodia can perhaps be described as straddling a testament and a predicament. The testament is the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements (October 1991) which brought peace to the country after a long period of warfare and the "recent tragic past". It established a pivotal framework…

Bangkok Post · Mar 30, 2022

Misreading the room: Why Hun Sen is failing on Myanmar

Cambodia’s strongman thought he would have a connection with Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing. He didn’t.

Al Jazeera · Mar 30, 2022

Asean needs a forward-looking trade agreement

In 2009, against the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) signed the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) furthering its commitment to open and integrated regional trade. On March 16, against the Covid-19 pandemic and rising geopolitical crises, Asean economic ministers…

Bangkok Post · Mar 24, 2022

Asean envoy urges restraint from Myanmar military

PHNOM PENH: A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Bangkok Post · Mar 23, 2022

ASEAN special envoy sees minor progress in Myanmar mission

Cambodia’s foreign minister has claimed minor initial progress in his mission as a special regional envoy seeking to facilitate peacemaking in strife-torn Myanmar

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022

ASEAN envoy says urged restraint from Myanmar military, discussed Suu Kyi access

A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling military to show restraint during offensives and was told by the junta leader there would be no access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi while her trial was ongoing.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2022

Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2022

ASEAN envoy meets generals in controversial Myanmar visit

It is unclear whether Prak Sokhonn will meet members of the Natonal Unity Government or detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Al Jazeera · Mar 22, 2022

Preventing a proxy war in Myanmar

While it still can, Asean must prevent a proxy war in Myanmar.

Bangkok Post · Mar 21, 2022