Armed Forces Day commemorates the start of local resistance to the Japanese occupation during World War II, and usually features a military parade attended by foreign officers and diplomats.
The violence was the bloodiest day so far in the military's crackdown on democracy rallies and left 163 protesters dead, according to a local monitoring group, and sparked widespread international condemnation.
Like I said, ASEAN's solidarity and credibility had been eroded, since it lost Cambodia and Myanmar to authoritarian regimes. Henceforth, there shall be no peace and unanimous consensus within the bloc.
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