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Thein Sein

The latest news and comment on president of Burma Thein Sein

April 2016

  • Thein Sein seen in January, before shedding his formal attire.

    Myanmar's ex-president Thein Sein becomes Buddhist monk

    Ex-general, who ruled country for five years before handing power to Aung San Suu Kyi, takes temporary orders

March 2016

  • Myanmar NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi with Htin Kyaw

    Aung San Suu Kyi will soon take her seat as Myanmar’s leader – by proxy

    Martin Woollacott
    Htin Kyaw will most likely be a ceremonial president, with Aung San Suu Kyi pulling the strings. But the military will not make life easy for them

September 2015

  • Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘The ceasefire agreement must be real and true.’

    Aung San Suu Kyi tells Myanmar rebel groups to take their time on peace deal

    Opposition leader says ceasefire agreement must be long-lasting so rebel groups should not sign until they are sure it will bring peace and stability

July 2015

  • Greenslade
    Burmese journalists fined for defaming president Thein Sein

  • Prayut

    Greenslade
    The 'little presidents' who deny press freedom by attacking journalists

November 2014

  • Barack Obama cuddles a koala, watched by Tony Abbott, the Australian prime minister.

    G20's koala diplomacy: world leaders show their cuddly side – in pictures

    The global power elite stop for some marsupial therapy before serious business gets under way
  • Burmese women dressed in traditional costume greet the heads of state

    Obama returns to a reforming Burma but many old tensions remain

    Despite vows of a move towards more democratic governance, Burma struggles to emerge from 50 years of military rule
    • Obama to press Burma on Rohingyas and stalled political reforms on visit

    • Burma’s state security forces profit from trafficking Rohingya Muslims

    • Greenslade
      Burmese journalist's body to be exhumed after his killing by the army

October 2014

  • Prayuth Chan-ocha visits Myanmar

    Thai PM defends investigation into Britons’ murder

    Prayuth Chan-ocha says correct culprits have been caught, after Burmese president demands fair trial for suspects

July 2014

  • Greenslade
    Five Burmese journalists jailed for 10 years for a single news report

  • Julie Bishop

    Julie Bishop to raise human rights concerns with Burma president

April 2014

  • Aung San Suu Kyi visit to Berlin, Germany - 10 Apr 2014

    Election tensions rise between Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein in Burma

  • Riot policemen form up near a fire during riots in Meikhtila

    US warns Burma over ethnic violence

January 2014

  • Greenslade
    Burmese journalists stage press freedom demonstration

    Protest after reporter is sent to prison

July 2013

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    Poverty matters blog
    Why Burma could become another Rwanda

    Ahamed Jarmal

    Ahamed Jarmal: Burma is ethnically cleansing the Rohingya people. When David Cameron meets the Burmese president tomorrow he must call for it to stop

June 2013

  • A mosque burns during May's rioting in Lashio.

    Muslim man accused of sparking Burma unrest jailed for 26 years

    Court verdict follows pattern of convictions for Muslims, who have been the main victims of Buddhist-led violence

May 2013

  • Buddhists maraud through Lashio, where Muslim-owned businesses were attacked.

    Burma's Buddhist mobs sow fear amid widening unrest

  • Burmese president Thein Sein shakes hands with President Obama

    Thein Sein becomes first Burmese president to visit US since 1966

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