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ASEAN special envoy’s planned Myanmar trip aborted

13 Sept 09:23 Key points summarised by AI

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, ASEAN’s special envoy, has cancelled his planned third visit to Myanmar.
The cancellation is attributed to Cambodia's expiring term as ASEAN chair and Sokhonn's attendance at an upcoming ASEAN-EU summit.
Analysts suggest the trip was aborted due to Myanmar's failure to implement ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus and its recent sentencing of students to death.
Cambodia will transfer the responsibility for addressing Myanmar's political crisis to Indonesia, the incoming ASEAN chair for next year.

Today 14:58 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand's government will launch the "Chainat-Pasak-Gulf" water diversion canal project in fiscal year 2027, a seven-year mega-infrastructure initiative.
This permanent structural solution aims to mitigate recurrent central plains flooding by diverting water from the Chao Phraya River directly into the Gulf of Thailand, significantly reducing flow to major cities like Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul justifies the long-term investment as a means to reduce future damages and fiscal burdens, contrasting it with the 40-50 billion baht spent annually on short-term flood relief.
Concurrently, the Prime Minister instructed officials to expand drainage capacity into the Tha Chin River and swiftly remove water hyacinths to improve immediate flood management.