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Three notable events have boosted the democratic process in Southeast Asia in recent decades. The fall of the Marcos regime in 1986, the Reformasi that shifted Indonesian politics in the late 1990s, a

PHNOM PENH, Aug 21 (IPS) - Three notable events have boosted the democratic process in Southeast Asia in recent decades. The fall of the Marcos regime in 1986, the Reformasi that shifted Indonesian politics in the late 1990s, and Aung San Suu Kyis victory over the military junta in Myanmar. However, today Marcos son is president of the Philippines, Indonesian presidential candidates want to centralize power again, and Myanmar is embroiled in an armed conflict.What is going on in the region, and...

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) raised the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus at the 44th General Session of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly ...

For over two and a half years, ASEAN has struggled to create an effective policy on Myanmar. Since the 2021 coup, violence continues to surge.

Sai Wansai — The controversial meeting between the jailed National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Thai FM Don Pramudwinai is planned to coincide with the ASEAN meeting in Jakarta which almost derail the scheduled condemnation of Myanmar military junta for its war crime against the civilian. It seems to be designed to portray the junta in a reconciliation

JAKARTA: The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must press Myanmar’s military regime to end violence, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (Jul 14).  "In Myanmar, we must press the military regime to stop the violence, to implement ASEAN's Five Point

Daw Zin Mar Aung said Don Pramudwinai’s meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was part of the outgoing Thai regime’s effort to help Myanmar’s junta gain legitimacy.

In recent months, the Albanese government has been selective about where, when, and how it raises the country’s troubles.

The public has a right to know if vested interests motivated the caretaker Thai foreign minister’s decision to organize talks on Myanmar including his junta counterpart.

Indonesia, Asean peers reject Thai proposal for informal Myanmar talks Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.