<p>Critics contend that efforts by Thailand&rsquo;s Prime Minister and the Royal Thai Armed Forces to downplay the significance of an incursion into Thai airspace by a Myanmar MiG-29 fighter place border safety at risk.</p>

<p>As leaders from&nbsp;the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)&nbsp;meet in the United States for a two-day&nbsp;summit, Amnesty International&nbsp;urges them to spotlight&nbsp;the violence and human rights violations in Myanmar.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Eun Hong Park, a professor at Sungkonghoe University, emphasizes that most countries with implicit alliances with Myanmar`s military have non-liberal governance. Referring to the post-coup phase on &quot;Tatmadaw-democratic camp-international community,&quot; He argues that Myanmar`s &quot;Spring Revolution&quot; can become an opportunity to create &quot;new Asian values.&quot;</p>

<p>ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) called on ASEAN to take urgent actions after the Office of the United Nations&nbsp;High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) submitted a report to the UN Human Rights Council which found that the Myanmar military has committed human rights abuses that&nbsp;may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.</p>

<p>10 months after the coup, many Karen and Karenni refugees are still hiding in the forests and mountains, while concerns over wars on the border have increased. We&nbsp;discuss with academics the role of diplomacy in refugee assistance to enhance national security and developing diplomacy to pressure Min Aung Hlaing.</p>

<p>When the state locked down workers&rsquo; camps without providing assistance to camp residents, the volunteer network &lsquo;No One Cares&rsquo; was born.</p>

<p>Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen&#39;s meeting with Myanmar&#39;s&nbsp;self-declared State Administration Council leader Min Aung Hlaing is a threat to ASEAN and Myanmar, says&nbsp;ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR).</p>

<p>Following the demonstration by refugees in Mae La camp in Tak Province on 14 December, Move Forward Party (MFP) MPs and representatives and NGOs urged a fair investigation that also addresses the root causes that turned a peaceful protest violent in one night.</p>

<p>In a year when fewer people have travelled or migrated voluntarily than in any time in recent history, hundreds of thousands of people in Myanmar have been forced to flee for their own safety and survival.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Aung San Suu Kyi&#39;s prison sentence is &quot;the latest example of the military&rsquo;s determination to eliminate all opposition and suffocate freedoms in Myanmar,&quot; said&nbsp;Amnesty International yesterday (7 December).&nbsp;</p>