Will Chalk
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first heard Nov 2025
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says he believes the pictures released by the military government, showing her looking well, are genuine.
Masuchi, who's 81, has been in detention since her government was overthrown five years ago.
Myanmar has been seeking to improve relations with the outside world and, in particular, its neighbour, Thailand.
So is this move all about diplomacy?
Our Southeast Asia correspondent is Jonathan Head.
entirely.
Yes.
I mean, it must baffle a lot of people that the military government has refused to offer proof of life, despite the calls from Aung San Suu Kyi's family and genuine concern.
She's 81 years old.
They had no idea what conditions she was being held in.
The military government kept saying she was fine, but there was no proof.
The fact that they've offered it now is entirely because the Thai government has asked for it.
All Myanmar's neighbours, the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Myanmar's member, remember, have been asking for concessions from the military government, especially since it held its...
rather sort of rigged election earlier this year and turned itself into a notionally civilian government, they've all been saying, make more concessions, we will start to re-engage with you.
Myanmar's been excluded from all the important meetings while this bloody civil war's gone on.
The Myanmar military have been very reluctant to do that.
They've been very stubborn about it.
But the coup leader, Minhong Lai, is due to visit Thailand on Thursday.
This is a big diplomatic breakthrough for him.
He's not been able to make these kinds of official visits to Southeast Asian countries since the coup.
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