The Asia-Pacific region’s main security forum called on Myanmar’s military junta on Friday to speed up its planned transition to multi-party rule, saying it was concerned about the lack of democratic reform. In rare criticism of one of its members, the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) also told Yangon’s generals to ease restrictions on the political opposition, which includes the house arrest of Nobel laureate and democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi. Full Story