The country’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing will attend an Asean summit in Indonesia on April 24, for his first known foreign trip since he staged a Feb 1 coup, a Thai foreign ministry spokesperson said.
Myanmar has been in an upheaval since Hlaing ousted an elected government led by democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, with security forces killing 728 people, according to an activist group tally, in an attempt to stamp out protests.
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