Junta airstrike condemned

The chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) said yesterday the bloc “strongly condemns” Tuesday’s military airstrike on a village in Myanmar, reportedly killing up to 100 people, including civilians.

The attack in the Sagaing area was the deadliest in a recent string of military air attacks, with children reported to be among the dead, and has drawn global condemnation.

Myanmar has been in chaos since a military coup in early 2021 that upended a decade of tentative democratic reform, with a bloody crackdown on protests giving rise to an armed struggle against the junta.

“All forms of violence must end immediately, particularly the use of force against civilians,” Asean chair Indonesia said in a statement.

“This would be the only way to create a conducive…