ASEAN faces Myanmar dilemma as some members pursue closer ties
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is under increasing pressure at its upcoming summit to ease a five-year ban on Myanmar’s senior regime officials attending high-level meetings, after Thailand and severa
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