ASEAN leaders and the permanent secretary of the Myanmar regime’s foreign ministry U Hau Khan Sum hold hands for a group photo during the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit in the Philippine city of Cebu on May 8. (AFP)

Tiny shifts seen in divided ASEAN’s approach to Myanmar

Myanmar's junta moved deposed leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest last week but that was not enough to ease deep divisions among ASEAN leaders over how best to engage with the pariah state.

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