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Thai, Myanmar military chiefs meet as post-coup thaw progresses

August 20, 2026 admin

Myanmar’s military commander-in-chief, General Ye Win Oo (centre L) and Thailand’s Chief of Defence Forces, Ukrit Boontanon (centre R) shake hands after their High-Level Committee Meeting talks at the Chatrium Grand hotel in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s military chief met Thursday (August 20, 2026) with Thailand’s top general in Bangkok in his first…

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

August 3, 2026 admin

This handout photo taken and released on August 3, 2026 by Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau (PPIB) shows detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meeting with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw. Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met with…

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Aung San Suu Kyi | A symbol of resistance

July 4, 2026 admin

When Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow met Myanmar’s newly designated President Min Aung Hlaing in April 2026, he was told that the regime in Naypyitaw was “considering good things” for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. This was the same general who, as chief of the dreaded junta, had deposed the country’s civilian government yet again…

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Myanmar denies ASEAN request for Suu Kyi meeting

June 30, 2026 admin

The military plunged Myanmar into civil war in 2021 when it staged a coup ousting Aung San Suu Kyi and ending a decade-long experiment with democracy. File. | Photo Credit: AP Myanmar’s authorities have denied a request for ASEAN’s special envoy to meet its deposed and detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an administration…

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Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest in Myanmar

May 1, 2026 admin

In this updated photo provided on April 30, 2026, by Myanmar Military True News Information Team, Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, talks with officials, in undisclosed location in Myanmar. Photo: Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house…

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Myanmar military signals leadership changes as parade begins

March 27, 2026 admin

Myanmar’s junta signalled changes in the military’s leadership ahead of the country’s annual show of force on Friday (March 27, 2026), potentially clearing the way for defence chief Min Aung Hlaing to become President. Tanks and military trucks laden with rocket launchers and mobile field guns trundled through the streets as thousands of soldiers marched…

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Myanmar pro-military party wins Suu Kyi’s seat in junta-run poll: party official

January 12, 2026 admin

The Military deposed and detained Suu Kyi in a 2021 coup, claiming she secured a landslide election win over pro-military parties the previous year by means of massive voter fraud. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s main pro-military party won the parliamentary seat of detained democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi in elections run under…

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Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election

January 11, 2026 admin

A voter casts ballot at a polling station during the second phase of general election, on January 11, 2026, in Yangon, Myanmar. | Photo Credit: AP Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday (January 11, 2026) to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run election, following low turnout ‌in the initial…

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Analysis: Myanmar junta seeks legitimacy through a sham election

December 31, 2025 admin

Officials of the Union Election Commission prepare to count votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on December 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Close to five years since the February 2021 coup that overturned the Aung San Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy’s (NLD) landslide electoral…

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Myanmar junta stages election after five years of civil war

December 28, 2025 admin

Voting began Sunday (December 28, 2025) in Myanmar’s heavily restricted polls, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil war. Former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi remains jailed, while her hugely popular party has been dissolved and was not…

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