The escalating crisis in Myanmar is set to dominate summit talks between Southeast Asian leaders struggling to find a way to end the bloodshed in the junta-ruled country
#AFPGraphics map with social and economic data on the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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#UPDATE Myanmar's junta on Friday slammed a decision by #ASEAN -- the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- to engage with opposition groups to seek ways to quell the country's bloody crisis ▶️ u.afp.com/iTCD
#UPDATE Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to engage Myanmar opposition groups as they seek ways to quell the country's escalating bloodshed, which has seen thousands killed in clashes since last year's coup. The junta slammed the decision.
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Myanmar must get 'democratic transition back on track immediately': UN chief
#UPDATE "I urge the authorities of Myanmar to listen to their people, release political prisoners and get the democratic transition back on track immediately," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia's Phnom Penh.
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A "group of loosely-affiliated cyber criminals" carried out the hack from Russia, police say
Russian hackers carried out a cyberattack on a health insurance firm that breached the data of 9.7 million people, Australian police say.
The hackers started leaking the data this week after Medibank refused to pay a $9.7 million (Aus$15 million) ransom