Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...
ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil ...
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‘Stop the violence’: ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritise peace over holding elections, says bloc chair Malaysia
Malaysia has appointed a new ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to try and implement the regional bloc’s stalled peace plan for ...
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Myanmar worker sustains severe injuries after hand trapped in sugar crusher machine at Ipoh factory
A 21-year-old Myanmar worker sustained serious injuries after his right hand was caught in a sugar crusher machine at a ...
As the Myanmar junta’s hold on power weakens, could the devastating war be nearing a conclusion?
Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...
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Malaysia turns away hundreds of Rohingya refugees amid local concerns
With much of the world focusing on other geopolitical issues, the Rohingyas hope that their plight will not be forgotten.
ASEAN Upholds Decision to Bar Myanmar Generals From Summits, Urges Self-Restraint in S. China Sea
(Reuters) - Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ...
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Bridging Divides: Malaysia’s Middle Power Diplomacy in ASEAN’s Future
In a world increasingly defined by great power rivalries, Malaysia’s position as a middle power within ASEAN has never been ...
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ASEAN Appoints New Envoy for Myanmar
Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point ...
ASEAN to send special envoy to Myanmar for immediate cessation of violence
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have discussed the situation in Myanmar where fighting ...
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ASEAN appoints new special envoy for Myanmar
ASEAN's fifth envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Othman Hashim, appointed during the bloc's meeting of foreign ministers.
In Malaysia, a Rohingya bodybuilder chases Mr Olympia glory: ‘anything is possible’
Shot and exiled from his homeland by Myanmar's military, Faruk Arian was tired of feeling powerless - until he turned his ...