The Association of Southeast Asian Nations may face a bigger challenge on Myanmar issues in 2022 as the group's semblance of unity may be tested under the leadership of Cambodia, the group's rotating chair for this year.
Political turmoil in Myanmar is continuing since the military seized power in a coup in February last year, and the junta has rejected ASEAN's appeal for ending the violence and the request of the group's special envoy to meet with all stakeholders in the conflict.
Two weeks after over 30 people were killed by the military in eastern Kayah state, where its clashes with an armed ethnic minority group are ongoing, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen visited Myanmar and met the junta chief despite criticism from opponents in the country and human rights groups.