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Burma as key player in ASEAN


Veteran Thai journalist Kavi Chongkittavorn says with the latest visits from powerful foreign diplomats to Burma, the isolated country could become a key player in the ASEAN region.

                               (Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi after a visit from the British foreign secretary recently. AFP Photo)

For decades, Burma has shielded itself from foreign interferences but occasionally deals with the regional bloc ASEAN as a member.  With its upcoming chairmanship of ASEAN, Burma has been showing some signs of opening up. Could it be for real?

For more opinion on the Burmese issue, read Chongkittavorn's column at The Nation (Thailand) newspaper.


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