From general to Myanmar president: Min Aung Hlaing’s rebrand dismissed as ‘cosmetic’
Asia - South China Morning Post
April 3, 2026
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Show Notes
His makeover from junta chief to president now complete, Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing may seek to tiptoe back into the international fold as a civilian leader.
But critics say the change is just a “veneer” that poses a challenge for Asean, the regional bloc that has frozen out Myanmar from its top summits, while its military wages war on its own people.
On Friday, a parliament stuffed with military loyalists made Min Aung Hlaing president. They were put there by an election held five years after...