ASEAN’s Next Steps for Ending the Myanmar Crisis
ASEAN’s special envoy to Myanmar has the potential to push the warring parties onto the path of peaceful dialogue.
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April 29, 2021
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In general, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recognizes that engaging with the Myanmar military as an actor and institution is necessary for the resolution of the country’s present crisis and the future stability of Myanmar. This understanding was what convinced ASEAN to convene a special summit on Myanmar on April 24, and extend an invitation to junta leader Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. The Southeast Asian bloc has made the difficult-to-swallow but workable decision to interact with the very party whose seizure of power on February 1 triggered the ongoing political crisis.
Myanmar Ethnic Rebel Coalition to Begin Unity Talks: Report
Signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement are looking to build an “all-inclusive” ethnic minority front against the junta.
April 29, 2021
In this March 30, 2021, file photo, Myanmar soldiers stand at a small army camp along the river bank near the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured the base on April 27.
Credit: AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File
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A coalition of ethnic armed organizations in Myanmar will begin talks aimed at establishing a common front against the country’s military junta, as the air force increased its strikes on rebel-held territories in the east and north in the country.
Fighting between Myanmar military and armed ethnic groups raises concerns over ceasefire pact | Video Asia
29 Apr 2021 10:00PM)
There are growing concerns over the future of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in Myanmar, following renewed fighting between the military and armed ethnic groups. The pact is aimed at ending the world s longest civil war, but ethnic groups who signed the deal view it as practically dead since the military staged the coup. May Wong reports.
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Hundreds of Thai villagers who live along Thailand’s border with Myanmar were evacuated to safe areas after Karen rebels attacked a Burmese army outpost near the frontier on Tuesday, the governor of Mae Hong Song province said.
The borderland residents were moved to an area farther inside Thai territory where they could shelter, amid reports of fresh fighting between the Myanmar government forces and Karen rebels, who claimed they seized a military base early Tuesday.
“About 450 villagers in Mae Sam Lab were evacuated to safe areas in Mae Kong Kard village,” Gov. Sithichai Chindaluang told reporters.
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Myanmar junta launches fresh air raids in rebel territory
The Karen National Union s (KNU) Fifth Brigade on Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021, attacked and razed an army base right by the Salween River - which demarcates a border between Thailand and Myanmar - and the military retaliated with air offensives. (File photo: AFP/Handout)
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YANGON: Myanmar s military launched air assaults for the second day in a row into rebel-held territory after gunfire was heard from neighbouring Thailand, a Thai official said on Wednesday (Apr 28), as fighting escalates along the border.