Myanmar military drives itself into corner on violent crackdowns

Regime learns election gimmicks from Thailand but not how to avoid a bloodbath

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Myanmar's military chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, presides over an army parade in Naypyitaw in March 2021. © Reuters

TORU TAKAHASHI, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was livid with anger, lashing out at Myanmar for its recent executions of four democracy activists, at a foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Phnom Penh on Aug. 3. "All ASEAN members are deeply disappointed," said Hun Sen, who chaired the conference, in his opening remarks.

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