HEADLINE: ASEAN at crossroads as leaders convene | … as Myanmar violence escalates

Officers of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade stand guard on May 5, 2023 at the venue of the 42th ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara. Around 12,000 Indonesian Military and National Police personnel have been deployed to secure the summit.(Antara/Zabur Karuru)

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ASEAN at a ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates

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Southeast Asian leaders descended on the eastern Indonesia fishing town of Labuan Bajo on Tuesday for a crucial summit that aims to address ASEAN’s institutional shortcomings and chart the direction of progress for one of the world’s fastest-growing regions in the coming decades.

The association has been under increasing pressure to reform in the midst of great power rivalries and even greater expectations as the economic driver of the “Asian Century”, at a time when most of the world is slowly recovering from a pandemic and a global downturn.

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ASEAN unity has also been put to the test after attempts to resolve a violent coup crisis in Myanmar came up short, potentially setting the tone for the next couple of years of government change in a politically diverse region.

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Yvette Tanamal
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
●   Wed, May 10 2023

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ASEAN at a ‘crossroad’ as Myanmar violence escalates

Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud (2nd left) arrives at the main venue for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Labuan Bajo on May 9, 2023. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)

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Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad”, a senior minister warned Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit.

Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s government more than two years ago and unleashed a bloody crackdown on dissent.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led diplomatic attempts to resolve the crisis.

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