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A figurehead leader, he had little real power but did endorse measures that allowed the country’s generals to extend their ...
Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the ...
YANGON: The state funeral for Acting President U Myint Swe was held on Monday (Aug 11) afternoon at the Tatmadaw General ...
YANGON - Myanmar's acting President U Myint Swe died at the age of 74 in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of Myanmar, on Thursday morning, the National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) said. A state ...
Crowds lined the streets of Naypyidaw on Monday as the funeral procession made its way through the city. Government officials, soldiers..
A brutal enforcer for successive military regimes, the former acting president is only the latest in a long line of criminals who escaped a reckoning with their crimes.
Myint Swe, Myanmar’s acting president and a former general sanctioned by the US for his role in a 2021 coup, died at the age of 74 from Parkinson’s disease and related neurological disorders.