Russian Strike on Cargo Ship Off Odesa Kills Five Crew as Black Sea Attacks Escalate 
ASEAN Summit Faces Pressure as U.S.-Iran Conflict, South China Sea Tensions Dominate Agenda 
Russia Launches Massive Missile Attack on Kyiv as Ukraine Urges More Air Defenses 
Eduardo Bolsonaro Granted U.S. Green Card Amid Brazil Legal Battle and Tariff Dispute 
Trump Urges Canada to Curb Ontario Wildfires, Floats Tariffs Over Smoke Impact 
Japan PM Sanae Takaichi Unveils Growth Plan as BOJ Independence Concerns Lift Bond Yields 
Ralph Norman Launches South Carolina Senate Bid After Lindsey Graham’s Death 
US-Iran Conflict Escalates as US Completes Eighth Night of Strikes, Regional Tensions Rise 
Trump Says Qatari-Donated Air Force One Jet to Undergo Security Upgrades Soon 
Trump Tightens China Sourcing Rules for U.S. Defense Contractors 
Israeli Airstrike Kills Family of Six in Gaza as Ceasefire Death Toll Mounts 
US, China to Hold AI Talks Ahead of Xi’s September Visit 
Trump Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested During U.S. Visit Amid ICC Dispute 
Trump Says Talks With UK PM Andy Burnham Went Well, Signals Meeting Soon 
US Launches New Strikes on Iran After Deadly Attack on American Troops in Jordan 
US-Iran Conflict Escalates as Gulf Attacks Threaten Global Oil Supply 
Hungary President Tamas Sulyok Removed After Constitutional Amendment Signed 
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said his country would work with Indonesia and international partners to help push the Myanmar military to implement the peace plan drafted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The comments come amidst frustration by the ASEAN bloc over the lack of progress by the junta, which seized power in February 2021.
Lee said on Thursday Singapore will work with current ASEAN chair Indonesia and the rest of the bloc’s member countries, along with international partners like the United Nations, to push for the implementation of the peace plan. Lee’s comments followed his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Shortly after Myanmar’s generals seized power in a coup in February 2021, ASEAN drafted a five-point peace plan that included an end to the violence and a return to democratic norms. The Myanmar military’s coup leader agreed to the peace plan, but there has been little progress on its implementation in the country.
“Singapore will continue working with Indonesia and ASEAN members, plus ASSEAN’s partners like the UN to push for the full implementation of the five-point consensus,” said Lee.
Thousands of those who opposed the coup have been detained, and hundreds were killed by the Myanmar military for opposing military rule. The military has since been facing armed resistance groups on multiple fronts. Ousted politicians and pro-democracy groups have since formed the shadow National Unity Government, which the junta has outlawed as “terrorists.”
On Friday, a post-mortem report released last week found that around 22 people, including three Buddhist monks, were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar. Opponents of the junta said the incident was a massacre of civilians carried out by the military. The spokesperson for the junta, Zaw Min Tun, said the military was involved in clashes with rebel fighters in the Pintaung region of the southern Shan area but did not attack any civilians.
However, a spokesperson for the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force said its fighter entered Nan Neint on Sunday only to find dead bodies scattered at a Buddhist monastery. Video footage and photos provided by the KNDF and another rebel group, the Karenni Revolution Union, showed bullet wounds to the torso and heads of the bodies and bullet holes in the monastery walls.
