As Burma Draws Fire, Asean Gets Burned

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"Asean leaders forge a tougher policy aimed at speaking the truth to Burma?s military government, but the generals fire back in words and armed clashes against ethnic Karen along the border...Needless to say, Burma has remained a major source of concern as regime leaders recently detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi inside the notorious Insein Prison, ignoring the outcry of regional leaders and the international community. If Burmese leaders are finding it difficult to find excuses to confine the Lady of the Lake, Asean leaders also are facing a dilemma: how to nurture the rogue regime into democratic reconciliation..."

Creator/author: 

Aung Zaw

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 17, No. 4

Date of Publication: 

2009-07-00

Date of entry: 

2009-08-11

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English

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