Turning Point For Myanmar Crisis?

Lucas Myers, Senior Associate for Southeast Asia, Wilson Centre

30-Dec-24 07:45

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The crisis in Myanmar has been ongoing for over three years, and a fresh escalation of fighting between the junta and opposition groups is drawing attention back to the largely forgotten crisis. What can Malaysia as ASEAN Chair do to make progress towards a ceasefire? We discuss the situation in Myanmar with Lucas Myers of the Wilson Centre.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar, Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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Categories: controversies, Law/Activism, government, international, politics

Tags: myanmar crisis, asean, malaysia, ceasefire, myanmar junta,

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