Aung San Suu Kyi | A symbol of resistance
Aung San Suu Kyi remains a central, albeit isolated, figure in Myanmar's pro-democracy movement following the 2021 military coup. Despite her imprisonment and the junta's attempts to legitimize its rule, she continues to serve as a symbol of resistance for the opposition.
When Thailand’s Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow met Myanmar’s newly designated President Min Aung Hlaing in April 2026, he was told that the regime in Naypyitaw was “considering good things” for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. This was the same general who, as chief of the dreaded junta, had deposed the country’s civilian government yet again in 2021, plunging Myanmar into a protracted civil war before refashioning himself into a “civilian” leader.
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