ASEAN to exclude Myanmar's military leader from Oct. summit

ASEAN foreign ministers agreed to invite a nonpolitical representative from Myanmar to the regional group's summit later this month, said Brunei, this year's chair, on Saturday, effectively excluding Myanmar's military leader.The ministers of ASEAN, which has a principle of noninterference in fellow members' politics, made the unprecedented decision at an emergency online meeting Friday, amid a lack of cooperation from the junta, especially its failure to accept a visit by a special ASEAN envoy on Myanmar.The junta of Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, who led a coup in February that ousted the e…READ FULL ARTICLE