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Thailand visit, Suu Kyi access: Can Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing win political legitimacy?

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing made a two-day state visit to Thailand last week, in a trip that carried significance beyond routine diplomacy. He remains internationally isolated because, in his earlier role as supreme commander of Myanmar’s armed forces, he led the 2021 coup that overthrew the elected civilian government.…

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Myanmar snubs Asean’s call to free Aung San Suu Kyi

Nobel laureate Suu Kyi’s ‘full and unconditional release shall only be carried out in accordance with law’, says junta government

The Independent UK

Myanmar's military government rebuffs ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi, questions need for envoy

Myanmar's military government has rejected ASEAN's call for Aung San Suu Kyi's unconditional release. The government also dismissed the need for ASEAN's special envoy on Myanmar. A representative from the Red Cross visited the detained former leader last week. The Philippines welcomed this meeting as a step toward reconciliation. Myanmar…

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Fresh calls to release Aung San Suu Kyi after meeting with foreign official

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The Independent UK

US and Asean bloc chair demand Myanmar immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi

Statements from US and the Philippines come after Suu Kyi held her first meeting with a foreign official since her detention in 2021

The Independent UK

US and Asean chair call for unconditional release of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

MANILA - The US State Department and the chair of the Association of ‌Southeast Asian Nations on Friday reiterated their calls for the unconditional release of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar ex-junta chief seeks political legitimacy on first Thailand trip as civilian leader

Fighting between Myanmar's military and myriad rebel factions has spilled over the long border with Thailand, which hosts millions of refugees from Myanmar.

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Leader of Myanmar's military-backed government arrives in Thailand seeking political legitimacy

The leader of Myanmar's military-backed government has arrived in Thailand on an official visit

The Independent UK

Former detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi makes first public appearance since 2021, meets Red Cross officials

In a significant moment, Aung San Suu Kyi recently met with representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross. This marks her first public engagement since being detained following the military coup in 2021. Images captured her meeting the ICRC's Myanmar representative in Naypyidaw, with her son heralding the…

The Times of India

Thai PM urges 'calibrated re-engagement' with Myanmar ahead of meeting with junta leader

NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is expected in Thailand on Thursday, making his first trip there since becoming civilian leader as he seeks a return to the diplomatic fold for his pariah state.

Bangkok Post

Aung San Suu Kyi Photographed for First Time in Nearly Four Years After Red Cross Visit

Aung San Suu Kyi was photographed for the first time in nearly four years, meeting with an ICRC representative, amid international concerns over her health and welfare under house arrest.

International Business Times UK

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rare meeting with International Red Cross

Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi met an ICRC representative. Photographs showed Suu Kyi smiling and cutting a birthday cake. Her son welcomed the visit, calling it a positive development. Activists and regional nations seek engagement with the detained leader. The meeting occurs amid calls for resolving Myanmar's political…

The Economic Times

Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi pictured meeting Red Cross official

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The Independent UK

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official, government says

Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Myanmar government said, amid concerns over the health of the 81-year-old.

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Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official, president's office says

The military deposed Suu Kyi in February 2021, jailing the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and triggering an ongoing civil war that has killed more than 100,000 people on all sides.

Bangkok Post

Bangkok breaks Myanmar deadlock

The two-day informal talks in Bangkok and Pattaya on July 12-13 marked a real turning point in efforts to resolve the Myanmar crisis, even if the outcomes were not earth-shattering.

Bangkok Post

Aung San statues disappearing in Myanmar

YANGON - Statues of independence hero Aung San are quietly disappearing across Myanmar in a contest over his legacy as the father of both the nation and of detained democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Times of India

Where is Aung San Suu Kyi? Myanmar’s most famous prisoner not seen since 2022

More than three years after Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi's last junta-orchestrated public appearance, questions over the detained Nobel Peace Prize laureate's whereabouts and condition are mounting. Her family, diplomats and regional leaders are demanding proof that she is alive.

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Bangkok Post

Asean outreach may give Myanmar leaders legitimacy without results

Asean's re-engagement with Myanmar runs the risk of providing legitimacy to the military-led ‌government and undermining the regional group's own plan to end violence in the war-torn country, analysts said.

The Economic Times

Myanmar tells ASEAN 'sister' Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after, envoy says

Top diplomats of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in person with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a peace initiative that has failed to halt a civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000 people.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar minister tells Asean ministers Suu Kyi in 'good health'

⁠The Southeast Asian bloc Asean was told on Sunday by Myanmar's foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was "a sister" who was in good health and would be looked after, Asean's special envoy to Myanmar said.

The Independent UK

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son says he does not believe she has been moved to house arrest

‘The only news we hear is that her health is getting worse,’ says Kim Aris

Bangkok Post

Son of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi demands proof of life from military government

The younger son of Myanmar's imprisoned pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is calling for the country's military-led government to provide proof that she is alive, after it claimed in April that her sentence was commuted to around 17 years and that she had been moved to house arrest.

The Independent UK

Wearing roses criminalised in Myanmar as Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81

Women are being urged to wear roses in their hair, people are encouraged to offer roses at Buddhist temples, and the protest against the military junta is being widely promoted on social media amid fears Suu Kyi is no longer alive

The Independent UK

Suu Kyi’s son ‘very disappointed’ by India hosting Myanmar’s president

Kim Aris says international community should move beyond expressions of concern and press for concrete action to secure his mother’s release

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