Myanmar resistance calls for ASEAN aid plan as conflict intensifies

Urgent appeal comes as Southeast Asian nations demand end to violence

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Refugees who have fled intense fighting between Myanmar's military government and rebels receive aid on the country's border with Thailand. © Reuters

GWEN ROBINSON, Nikkei Asia editor-at-large

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's key resistance groups are calling on ASEAN and the U.N. to help set up a new aid plan to break a deadlock with the military government over delivering emergency relief to war-torn parts of the country.

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