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Myanmar's military leader is in Thailand for talks on earthquake relief
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the leader of Myanmar’s military government, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, have visited the Thai capital for diplomatic talks widely assumed to focus on effor ...
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Head of Myanmar's military government visits Thailand in rare trip abroad
BANGKOK — The head of Myanmar’s military government arrived in Thailand on Thursday for a regional summit ... for overthrowing the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and subsequent ...
The Independent7d
UN calls on Myanmar junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and respect earthquake recovery ceasefire
In this spirit we call on the military to announce a full amnesty for detainees it has incarcerated since February 2021, including state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint ...
In a moment to show leadership, Myanmar's junta chief drops bombs and shuts out journalists
Multiple Western aid agencies said they have struggled to get personnel into Myanmar as the ruling junta leads the response to the country's largest natural disaster in years.
Sydney Morning Herald11d
Thailand just gave Myanmar what it craved, and it wasn’t humanitarian aid
Myanmar’s junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (left) shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn ... elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who is now in prison somewhere in ...
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How Malaysia’s Anwar risks legitimising Myanmar junta through diplomacy
Civil war has ripped Myanmar apart since Min Aung Hlaing seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, plunging the ... across the border into Thailand for safety and work.
moneycontrol.com21d
Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing to attend BIMSTEC Summit in Thailand, seeks key bilateral meetings
When asked whether the Myanmar general would be attending, Thailand’s foreign ministry ... the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, leading to mass protests that escalated ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s Revolutionary Leader
Aung San Suu Kyi, photographed in June 2012 Getty Images ... to give thanks for support from the international community. She has a trip to Thailand planned in a few days—her first out of ...
Euronews22d
Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing commits to hold elections by year's end
The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed ...
Ignoring Protests, Thailand Opens Door to Myanmar’s Military Leader
Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing joined regional talks in Bangkok on Friday, a day after his army launched multiple airstrikes, ...
Sydney Morning Herald20d
Even as the earthquake death toll rose in Myanmar, the junta’s bombs kept falling
and is broadcast from nearby Thailand. Sean Turnell, former economics adviser to Aung San Suu Kyi’s government, at home in Sydney.Credit: Rhett Wyman “Most journalists in Myanmar can’t say ...