Request for talks with Aung San Suu Kyi rejected
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Request for talks with Aung San Suu Kyi rejected

(UCAN): Myanmar’s military junta rejected a request by former Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, for…

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Asia’s poor will grow poorer if Red Sea standoff continues
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Asia’s poor will grow poorer if Red Sea standoff continues

Ben Joseph, UCAN With the ongoing standoff in the Red Sea and the disruption affecting…

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Rights group calls out ASEAN for pandering to war criminals
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Rights group calls out ASEAN for pandering to war criminals

YANGON (AsiaNews/Agencies): Justice for Myanmar, a human rights organisation, condemned the Association of Southeast Asian…

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Church leaders want ASEAN to combat human trafficking
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Church leaders want ASEAN to combat human trafficking

LABUAN BAJO (UCAN): Church leaders and advocacy groups asked participants at the May 9 to…

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No ASEAN country ranked free in global index
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No ASEAN country ranked free in global index

Not one country among the 10 members of the Association of South East Asian Nations…

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Around the traps: News in Brief
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Around the traps: News in Brief

Myanmar’s anti-coup protesters decry ASEAN consensus YANGON (UCAN): Anti-coup protesters and activists in Myanmar denounced…

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ASEAN urged to step up its response to Rohingya crisis
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ASEAN urged to step up its response to Rohingya crisis

John Zaw, Mandalay Regional lawmakers have pushed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) “to…

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