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Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing pictured earlier this month at an economic forum in Russia. Photo: EPA
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12 November 2022
Junta condemns ASEAN plan to engage Myanmar opposition
This handout picture taken and released on October 27, 2022 by the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) shows foreign ministers attending the Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (SAFMM) at the ASEAN secretariat general building in Jakarta. Southeast Asian foreign ministers said they were "even more determined" to solve the political crisis in Myanmar during talks in Indonesia on October 27 ahead of the ASEAN leaders' summit in November. Photo: AFP
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02 November 2022
Human Rights Watch calls for Myanmar sanctions...
Human Rights Watch has called on governments to support targeted sanctions and an arms...
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing attends the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 7, 2022. Sergei BOBYLYOV / TASS Host Photo Agency / AFP
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29 October 2022
Myanmar junta warns ASEAN against peace plan...
Myanmar's junta has warned a regional bloc working to defuse its political crisis that...
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink speaks at a hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. The hearing was held for the committee to examine US Policy on Taiwan and the future of the country's diplomatic relationship. Photo: AFP
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27 October 2022
US urges 'forceful' Myanmar stance as...
The United States urged strong action on Myanmar as Southeast Asian ministers prepared to...
This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021, on October 26, 2021 shows US President Joe Biden (C) taking part in the ASEAN-US Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits held online on a live video conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Photo: Handout / ASEAN Summit 2021 / AFP
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06 October 2022
Myanmar junta leader not invited to ASEAN summit...
Myanmar's junta leader has not been invited to a regional summit next month, host...
A woman is dwarfed by the Merlion statue and buildings of the financial district in Singapore. Photo: EPA
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17 September 2022
Questions raised in Singapore parliament over...
This week the Singapore government responded to questions raised by parliamentarians over...
Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi listens to an address to the New Colombo Plan Reception at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-Australia special summit being held in Sydney on March 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
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20 August 2022
Myanmar junta chief says military open to...
Myanmar's military chief said Friday the junta is open to negotiations with ousted leader...
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from L-R:Malaysia's Saifuddin Abdullah, Philippines' Teodoro Locsin, Singapore's Vivian Balakrishnan, Cambodia's Prak Sokhonn, Indonesia's Retno Marsudi, Laos' Saleumxay Kommasith and ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi pose for a group photo during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Phnom Penh on February 17, 2022. Photo: AFP
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03 August 2022
ASEAN foreign ministers to push for tougher...
Malaysia is set to lead a push for tougher action on Myanmar when a regional bloc of...
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11 July 2022
NUG claims Myanmar junta is mocking ASEAN
The foreign affairs ministry of the National Unity Government (NUG) released a statement...
Myanmar's State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: EPA
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02 July 2022
Dialogue with Suu Kyi 'not impossible'...
Dialogue between Myanmar's junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody...
Soldiers are deploed at a road block during an anti-coup protest near the National League for Democracy (NLD) headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
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21 May 2022
NGO calls on Quad meeting to focus on rights...
Leaders of the United States, Japan, India, and Australia should reach agreements on new...
US President Joe Biden participates in the US-ASEAN Special Summit at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2022. Photo: AFP
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14 May 2022
US tells ASEAN leaders committed'for...
US President Joe Biden on Friday promised a long-term commitment to Southeast Asia in the...
US President Joe Biden participates virtually in the annual US-ASEAN Summit from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, USA. Photo: EPA
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13 May 2022
US eyes trade deal-lite as Southeast Asian...
The United States is preparing a scaled-back version of a trade pact as Southeast Asian...

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