Jakarta Post – 27 May 2010
Ethnic paramilitary groups and the wider population may rebel after the planned 2010 election in Myanmar, spiralling the junta-led country further into chaos, ethnic leaders and civil groups said Wednesday.
Hkun Okker, member of National Council of Union of Burma, said the post-election condition of Myanmar may be critical because the [...]

Malaysiakini 7 July 2010
A petition was launched today in Parliament to suspend Burma from Asean for flouting basic democratic norms.
The Malaysian chapter of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus’ (AIPMC) petition also urges the Malaysian government not to recognise the military junta’s upcoming general election.
“Our country (Burma) is facing a challenging time, as the military junta [...]

DVB – Francis Wade 21 July 2010
Burma should open its doors to regional observers during elections later this year, an ASEAN summit has suggested after allegedly giving “an earful” to Burma’s foreign minister on Monday.
Burma’s controversial polls are high on the discussion list as 17 countries join the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc [...]

The Age (Melbourne)
April 22, 2010
Op-Ed
Sanctions Will Force Burmese Junta to Negotiate
by Eva Sundari
The past 20 years has seen massive foreign investments in Burma and a policy of unconditional engagement pursued by neighbouring countries, including my own, Indonesia. This practice of unprincipled engagement, which ASEAN has been guilty of, has failed to bring positive change to [...]

By ROSHAN JASON
Published: 9 April 2010
One must be wondering if the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is nearing the end of its tether with its perpetually troublesome member, Burma, or has the bloc so convincingly led the world to believe that it cares enough when it appears, in actual deed, that it does [...]

Leaders of 10 South East Asian nations meeting for a summit in Vietnam have been urged to put Burma’s coming elections at the top of their agenda.
The agenda of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) summit focuses on building regional ties.
But some 100 legislators in the region have appealed to the leaders to [...]