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Kyi Sin

Kyi Sin

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Kyi Sin is a Research Officer in the Myanmar and Thailand Studies Programmes at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
Kyi Sin is a Research Officer in the Myanmar and Thailand Studies Programmes at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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Asian Angle | Why Asean’s Myanmar peace push needs Japan’s ‘silent diplomacy’

Japanese parliamentarian Hiromichi Watanabe (left) meets U Khin Yi, speaker of Myanmar’s House of Representatives and the leader of the Union Solidarity and Development Party, in Naypyidaw last month. Photo: Handout

Tokyo knows how to back an Asean-led process without taking ownership of it, as decades of regional mediation show.

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