Airstrikes after the Jakarta Summit
The Myanmar military unleashed a wave of airstrikes after ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting was held. The junta will only take ASEAN’s suggestions into consideration.
Gabriel Wahyu Titiyoga
May 3, 2021
THE Myanmar military junta led by Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has not heeded the outcome of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Meeting, namely a request for an immediate end to the violence. A week after their meeting in Jakarta on Saturday, April 24, the Myanmar military unleashed over 30 aerial attacks in parts of the Kachin State. While Karen State or Kayin was also bombed more than 10 times. This wave of airstrikes sen
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