'Painful' Myanmar engagement sows rage as ASEAN seeks envoy

Diplomatic mission to Naypyitaw risks becoming a poisoned chalice

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Protesters against Myanmar's junta burn the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Mandalay on June 5. © Reuters

DOMINIC FAULDER, Nikkei Asia associate editor

BANGKOK -- Protesters returned to the streets of Mandalay last Saturday, stamped on the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and then burned it.

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