AOL

Myanmar's reclusive general turns jet-setter in quest for election backing

(Reuters) -Myanmar's junta chief is becoming a frequent flier. In the last six months, Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ...
AOL

Retired Myanmar general set for powerful role in new parliament, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's Minister of Immigration and Population Khin Yi talks during an Reuters interview at his office in Naypyitaw June 10, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo Feb 25 (Reuters) - A ...
Daily Journal

Myanmar’s parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as ...
GCN

Myanmar’s proposed December general election raises alarms over atrocious political repression

After Myanmar’s military declared the country’s first post-coup general elections to the public in May 2023, the Myanmar military has since detailed the elections and the country’s future post-coup ...

Timor-Leste’s leader floats idea of retired South-east Asia general to guide Myanmar peace talks

As a UN special representative to Africa in 2013, he had tapped retired US generals to negotiate for peace. Read more at ...
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UN envoy tells Myanmar general: End violence, seek democracy

BANGKOK (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, met Wednesday with the head of its military-installed government and called on him to urgently halt all violence, support a political ...