ASEAN selects Brunei diplomat Erywan as special envoy to Myanmar

ASEAN foreign ministers agreed Wednesday to appoint Brunei diplomat Erywan Yusof as the group's special envoy to member country Myanmar, where the military seized power six months ago.Myanmar's junta's approved Erywan's appointment during a 40-minute special online meeting, which came two days after the ministers held talks without reaching a formal conclusion.Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed in April to send a special envoy to Myanmar in the wake of the Feb. 1 coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically elected government, but months passed with…READ FULL ARTICLE