Asean risks losing its grip on Myanmar crisis

As the junta stalls on holding elections and steps up its attacks on resistance to the coup, Asean is keeping a little too quiet about what it will do with its errant member

The deepening crisis poses a conundrum for Asean, whose member states disagree on how to deal with the regime. PHOTO: AFP
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BANGKOK – Prospects for a political resolution to Myanmar’s turmoil have darkened after the military junta recently dissolved the only civilian party that has won all polls in the past decade.

They are not helped by the junta’s aerial bombardments of civilian targets, killing more than 160 people in one day in April, which has hardened the people’s resolve against the military.

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