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  "id": 359063,
  "title": "Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi, questions need for envoy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/myanmar-rebuffs-asean-call-to-free-aung-san-suu-kyi-questions-need-359063",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T07:50:29.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/international/2026/08/09/myanmar-rebuffs-asean-call-to-free-aung-san-suu-kyi-questions-need-for-envoy/"
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  "summary": "BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government has rejected the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ renewed call for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and dismissed the need for the organization’s special envoy on Myanmar, according to the foreign affairs ministry. President Min Aung Hlaing, the former army chief who had originally seized power in 2021…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN call to free Aung San Suu Kyi, questions need for envoy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/myanmar-rebuffs-asean-call-to-free-aung-san-suu-kyi-questions-need",
        "published": "2026-08-09T07:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Myanmar rebuffs Asean call to free Aung San Suu Kyi, questions need for envoy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/myanmar-rebuffs-asean-call-to-free-aung-san-suu-kyi-questions-need-375194",
        "published": "2026-08-09T12:24:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}