ASEAN endorses Thailand's humanitarian corridor for Myanmar refugees

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations wrapped up talks on Monday, endorsing Thailand's initiative to set up a humanitarian corridor to provide aid for civilians displaced by the country's intensifying civil war, the regional bloc said.Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith, who chaired the two-day meeting that started Saturday in Luang Prabang, said at a press conference following the meeting, also attended by a senior Myanmar military government official, that Thailand proposed the plan for the humanitarian corridor to safely deliver assistance to those displace…READ FULL ARTICLE