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Obama vows to lift Myanmar sanctions as Suu Kyi visits

President Barack Obama moves to restore trade benefits to Myanmar and says broader sanctions would soon be scrapped, as he hosts de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House. (Photo: Reuters)

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Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with diplomats from over 60 foreign missions and briefed them on her new government’s foreign policy, saying it will to some extent entail a “new...00:55
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A close aide to Aung San Suu Kyi is sworn in as Myanmar's president, a role that will see him act as a proxy for the pro-democracy figurehead and carry the hopes of a nation emerging from military...00:50
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On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military junta detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and deposed her democratically elected government. The generals accused Suu Kyi and members of her party, the...05:18
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Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing held the first meeting of his military government on February 2, 2021, the day after the army detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Senior General Min Aung...01:16
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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party have been detained in an apparent coup, the spokesman for the governing NLD said...01:20
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