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Aung San Suu Kyi Steps On Foreign Soil For First Time In 24 Years

BANGKOK POST (Thailand)

BANGKOK – Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has landed in Thailand for her first trip abroad in 24 years. Upon arrival Tuesday, she was greeted at the airport by a swarm of media, as well as own compatriots, who have a strong immigrant presence in Thailand.

Her visit began with a morning tour of Myanmar immigrant workers in Mahachai, district of Samut Sakhon province (see video below).

The visit, which is expected to last four days, will include a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, and other visits to Myanmar immigrant neighborhooods. "Thailand's workforce is heavily reliant on low-cost foreign workers, both legal and trafficked, with Myanmar nationals accounting for around 80 percent of the two million registered foreign workers in the kingdom," The Bangkok Post reports.

After Thailand, Aung San Suu Kyi is slated to travel on to Geneva, London and Oslo, where she will finally accept in person the Nobel Prize for Peace that she was awarded in 1991.

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D.C. Or Beijing? Two High-Stakes Trips — And Taiwan's Divided Future On The Line

Two presidents of Taiwan, the current serving president, Tsai Ing-wen, and her predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou from the opposition Kuomintang party, are traveling in opposite directions these days. Taiwan must choose whom to follow.

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Tsai Ing-wen, the President of Taiwan

Pierre Haski

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PARIS — Tsai Ing-wen, the President of Taiwan, is traveling to the United States today. Not on an official trip because Taiwan is not a state recognized by Washington, but in transit, en route to Central America, a strategy that allows her to pass through New York and California.

Ma Ying-jeou, a former president of Taiwan, arrived yesterday in Shanghai: he is making a 12-day visit at the invitation of the Chinese authorities at a time of high tension between China and the United States, particularly over the fate of Taiwan.

It would be difficult to make these two trips more contrasting, as both have the merit of summarizing at a glance the decisive political battle that is coming. Presidential and legislative elections will be held in January 2024 in Taiwan, which could well determine Beijing's attitude towards the island that China claims by all means, including force.

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