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Associated Press journalist Thein Zaw waves while walking next to his lawyer Tin Zar Oo after his release from the Insein prison Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar.

The NLD vice chairman, U Thein Oo, who was present at the meeting with Mrs. Clinton and Aung San Suu Kyi, stated during an interview that he was satisfied with the meeting.

At the previous hearing, Tin Zar Oo and one of Thein Zaw’s brothers were allowed into the courtroom to take part in the 10-minute videoconference, along with a representative from the U.S ...

U.S. diplomats will meet with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week in another sign of thawing relations. ... Thein Oo told CNN that an American delegation, including Derek ...

Supporters of the main opposition party celebrated a projected victory in closely watched by-elections as Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in the country's parliament for the first time.

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