HANOI - Leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Vietnamese capital over the weekend left the meeting in a quandary. The regional grouping's founding six members have collectively tried for over a decade to nudge Myanmar's ruling junta towards genuine political and economic reform. But with the first elections in 20 years scheduled for November 7, they realize that even their most modest suggestions - for example, allowing for outside election monitors - have been wholly ignored. Full story
OPINION: Myanmar's polls a headache for ASEAN - Larry Jagan
Asia Times Online, 2 Nov 2010
HANOI - Leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Vietnamese capital over the weekend left the meeting in a quandary. The regional grouping's founding six members have collectively tried for over a decade to nudge Myanmar's ruling junta towards genuine political and economic reform. But with the first elections in 20 years scheduled for November 7, they realize that even their most modest suggestions - for example, allowing for outside election monitors - have been wholly ignored. Full story
HANOI - Leaders at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Vietnamese capital over the weekend left the meeting in a quandary. The regional grouping's founding six members have collectively tried for over a decade to nudge Myanmar's ruling junta towards genuine political and economic reform. But with the first elections in 20 years scheduled for November 7, they realize that even their most modest suggestions - for example, allowing for outside election monitors - have been wholly ignored. Full story
