Son of Aung San Suu Kyi says had first call in five years

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How it spread - 6 original reports, 6 reprints

1. Thu, 22 October 2026

   2 reports
   • Channel News Asia09:49first to report
     Son of Aung San Suu Kyi says had first call in five years

     "My mother is 81 and remains unjustly detained. One conversation is not regular family access," said Kim Aris of his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi.

   • The Guardian World10:38
     Aung San Suu Kyi’s son speaks to detained former Myanmar leader for first time in five years

     Kim Aris says ‘hearing her voice again means more than words can express’ amid loosening of detention restrictions The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been allowed to speak to the detained former democratic leader for the first time in more than five years. “Today, I was finally able to speak with my mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after more than five years. Hearing her voice again means more than words can express,” Kim Aris said in a post on Facebook on Thursday. Continue reading...

2. Fri, 23 October 2026

   3 reports
   • South China Morning Post01:33
     Rare Suu Kyi phone call to son signals shift in Myanmar junta strategy

     The son of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi said she sounded “fairly healthy” after speaking to the detained ex-democratic leader on Thursday for the first time in more than five years. Suu Kyi, 81, is under house arrest in the capital, Naypyidaw, according to Myanmar authorities, where she has been sequestered since being unseated in a 2021 military coup. “She was sounding fairly healthy,” Kim Aris, who lives in the UK, said after the telephone conversation. It was the first time he had spoken to...

   • NPR News09:00
     After nearly 6 years, ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi's son hears her voice

     Kim Aris tells NPR his mother sounds strong but is in pain. He says she is held at a residence in the capital.

     6 reprints

     • wknofm.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
     • wuky.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
     • kawc.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
     • interlochenpublicradio.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
     • wfae.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
     • wysu.org23 Oct, 09:00their copy
   • news4jax.com19:02
     Myanmar's detained leader Suu Kyi traded health concerns with her son in their first call in 5 years

     Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years.

3. Sun, 25 October 2026

   1 report
   • The Guardian World02:00
     Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi ‘sounds strong’ but is isolated, son says

     Kim Aris tells the Guardian chance to speak with detained Nobel laureate was ‘public relations’ move from military leaders Myanmar’s former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first call with his 81-year-old mother in more than five years. “She still sounds certainly all there mentally, and physically she sounds strong,” Kim Aris said. “I don’t think she has anybody outside of...