Min Aung Hlaing

Statues of Myanmar’s founding father Aung San disappearing

A national flag is raised next to a statue of Myanmar’s independence hero General Aung San at Thu Mingalar Park in Yangon, on July 16.

ASEAN envoy meets Myanmar opposition groups in Thailand

ASEAN special envoy Ma. Theresa Lazaro, the Foreign Secretary of the Philippines, met Myanmar’s ethnic minority rebel groups and a government-backed negotiation committee on July 13.

ASEAN to discuss engagement with Myanmar at special meeting, Philippines says

As Asean chair, the Philippines will lead July 12’s gathering in Bangkok, the first in-person meeting with Myanmar’s top diplomat since a 2021 coup.

Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution weakens five years on

Members of the Mandalay People’s Defence Forces at a secret training camp in an undisclosed location in Myanmar’s Saging Region on May 19.

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Will Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing’s Laos visit pave his way back into the ASEAN family?

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (right) is making state visits to countries like Laos and China to build an impression that his regime is no longer diplomatically isolated.

What the Myanmar regime is signalling to ASEAN by rejecting access to Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s deposed leader was imprisoned after a military coup in 2021 and has not been seen publicly since.

Myanmar set to restart contentious $4.6 billion dam project backed by China

A protester holding a flyer against the Myitsone hydropower dam during the last day of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit in Yangon in January 2020.

‘Nothing left except death’: Myanmar families grieve toll of years-long war

People displaced by fighting between Myanmar’s military and the People’s Defence Forces in Myit Chay sitting in a shelter on the grounds of a monastery near Pakokku in Myanmar’s Magway region.

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing to visit Laos in first ASEAN member state visit

The planned trip comes four months after Min Aung Hlaing completed a carefully engineered transition from head of the military government to president.

Malaysia’s foreign minister says new Myanmar leadership ‘more open’ to suggestions

Malaysia’s foreign minister Mohamad Hasan said he raised other matters such as the release of political prisoners as well as efforts to address the large number of ethnic Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Malaysia.

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