BBC World Service South Asia

Migrated podcast image for: Weekend Break

Weekend

News

A review of the week with the latest news.

Weekend: Myanmar coup leader attends summit

Magazines & Reviews

Myanmar coup leader attends summit

24/04/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Myanmar coup leader attends summit

Burmese military ruler in Indonesia for talks on the coup that brought him to power.

The Burmese general who seized power in February's coup, Min Aung Hlaing, is in Jakarta for the Asean summit to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar. The decision to invite him, rather than anyone from Myanmar's democratically-elected government, has been heavily criticised. 

Also in the programme: the latest figures show that India has registered nearly a million new coronavirus cases in the past three days alone; and are parents giving their kids enough time and freedom to play outside the home?  

To discuss these stories and more, Celia Hatton is joined by Vandana Saxena Poria, a British-born chartered accountant, entrepreneur and management consultant, now based in the Indian city of Pune, and Emma Beals, an international policy analyst and senior advisor at the European Institute of Peace.  

(Picture: Protests outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations secretariat building. Credit: Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Weekend

Myanmar coup leader attends summit

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service