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

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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.

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Thailand’s grand welcome for visiting Myanmar leader sparks condemnation

Activists says pomp and pageantry of visit risk helping rehabilitate military ruler accused of overseeing brutal abuses in his country

The Independent UK

Myanmar leader in Thailand on legitimacy quest

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing received a red-carpet treatment as he began an official visit to Thailand on Thursday, part of efforts by Bangkok to push for re-engagement between its war-torn neighbour and Asean.

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.

Euronews

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…

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New photo of Aung San Suu Kyi emerges after five years in solitary confinement in Myanmar

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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

Bulletin world briefing: Why Aung San Suu Kyi has been seen for the first time in years

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks out as mother seen alive in rare photographs

Aung San Suu Kyi's son has spoken out after his mother, who has been kept in solitary confinement for five years, was seen alive in new photographs.

The Independent 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

Red Cross visits Aung San Suu Kyi after Myanmar military pushed to prove she is alive

Meeting follows years of questions over wellbeing of detained former leader, who was ousted by coup in 2021

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

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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.

Euronews

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.

The Conversation

Why engagement with Myanmar’s junta is risky without proof of life for Aung San Suu Kyi

Every year, the foreign ministers of the 11 countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) get together to talk regional business.

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.

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Asean's risks by re-engaging Myanmar

Min Aung Hlaing, Myanmar's erstwhile senior general who seized power in February 2021, is on the move. After ramming through shoddy elections with patchy electoral participation last December and January, he now dons civilian garb as post-election president and was received on official visits by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Bangkok Post

Thailand holds out hope for Suu Kyi meeting

Asean envoy will attempt to see deposed leader on upcoming Myanmar visit

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.

Bangkok Post

Bloc eyes Myanmar impasse

Asean foreign ministers renewed pressure on Myanmar to advance the bloc's Five-Point Consensus (5PC), with the detention of political prisoners, including former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, remaining a concern during talks in Bangkok.

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

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