YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar coup chief-turned-President Min Aung Hlaing landed in Laos on Friday, officials said, in his first state visit to a Southeast Asian country since claiming the post of civilian leader.
Min Aung Hlaing plunged Myanmar into civil war on Feb. 1, 2021, when he commanded a coup ousting the elected government of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, detaining her and ending a decade-long experiment with democracy.