Indonesia faces three challenges as ASEAN's next chair

Myanmar, East Timor and South China Sea issues already divide the bloc

KOYA JIBIKI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- As Indonesia prepares to assume the chairmanship of ASEAN in 2023, it is puzzling out how best to tackle three potentially divisive diplomatic challenges -- the governance situation in Myanmar, which suffered a military takeover nearly two years ago; territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea; and East Timor's application to join the bloc.

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