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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar:

China invited two high-profile figures from Myanmar to visit recently, with former President Thein Sein flying to Beijing on June 27 and General Soe Win, deputy chief of the current junta, following him a week later, visiting Qingdao. [2]

It is Myanmar’s good fortune to have been the birthplace of such human treasures as UN Secretary General U Thant and national hero General Aung San, although their public successes have invited misfortunes upon their families. [3]

After pledging to hold elections in December or January, the Myanmar junta has launched yet another initiative to gain some degree of legitimacy—a “peace forum.” According to military mouthpiece The Global New Light of Myanmar, a gathering was held a... [5]

A resident carries belongings over debris next to a damaged building in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. [6]

To pro-democracy forces he is a brutal dictator who imprisons people who oppose his February 2021 coup, a power-hungry maniac who has not hesitated to send aircraft to bomb areas controlled by the resistance. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-06-28 · 100% match

Former Myanmar president Thein Sein makes rare trip to China

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-07-15 · 100% match

The Chinese Way of ‘Peacemaking’ and ‘Democracy-Building’ in Myanmar

China invited two high-profile figures from Myanmar to visit recently, with former President Thein Sein flying to Beijing on June 27 and General Soe Win, deputy chief of the current junta, following him a week later, visiting Qingdao.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-05-22 · 100% match

Personal Histories Behind the Headlines of Modern Myanmar

It is Myanmar’s good fortune to have been the birthplace of such human treasures as UN Secretary General U Thant and national hero General Aung San, although their public successes have invited misfortunes upon their families.

[4] MM election.irrawaddy.com · 100% match

The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-07-02 · 100% match

Yet Another Peace Ploy from Myanmar’s Junta

After pledging to hold elections in December or January, the Myanmar junta has launched yet another initiative to gain some degree of legitimacy—a “peace forum.” According to military mouthpiece The Global New Light of Myanmar, a gathering was held a

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-01 · 100% match

Powerful earthquake wreaks havoc on Myanmar junta’s ministerial offices, forcing staff to flee Naypyidaw

A resident carries belongings over debris next to a damaged building in Naypyidaw on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-12-31 · 100% match

Former military leaders absent from voting records as Myanmar junta’s first phase election concludes

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-06-06 · 100% match

Will Myanmar’s Military Replace Its Embattled Leader?

To pro-democracy forces he is a brutal dictator who imprisons people who oppose his February 2021 coup, a power-hungry maniac who has not hesitated to send aircraft to bomb areas controlled by the resistance.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-05 · 100% match

For U Shwe Mann, Enemies Lurk Everywhere

In politics, so the saying goes, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends—only permanent interests.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-07-25 · 100% match

Myanmar Junta Puts Leaders of Old Regime Under Surveillance

Myanmar’s military regime has placed former senior military leaders—including ex-dictator Than Shwe and former President Thein Sein—under surveillance, sources close to the matter said.

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