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• Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing is reportedly planning to visit Thailand next month as part of an effort to normalize relations with ASEAN member states. • The move follows a statement from the "Views of Myanmar" account on X, asserting that progress is impossible unless ASEAN respects non-interference and acknowledges the current government's reality. • The junta has signaled it will no longer accept the "rigid, one-sided enforcement" of the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus, which aims to end violence and promote dialogue.

Min Aung Hlaing seized control five years ago and plunged Myanmar into conflict and economic chaosMin Aung Hlaing, the military general who plunged Myanmar into conflict and economic chaos when he took power in the 2021 coup has been appointed president, months after widely condemned sham elections.Min Aung Hlaing, who is wanted by the prosecutor of the international criminal court for crimes against humanity against the Rohingya Muslim minority, was voted president by lawmakers on Friday. Myanmar’s parliament is dominated by the pro-military party, which won a landslide in one-sided elections earlier this year. Continue reading...