Rare photos of ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi give her family hope

Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, told NPR that photographs of his mother meeting a foreign official gave him "a reason to hope" for the first time since the military coup that ousted her in 2021.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/926x618+0+0/resize/926x618!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F34%2F632edcdd4e97b949c0a2bee9aedd%2Fap26215176638512.jpg' alt='In this photo released by Myanmar President Office on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands with Arnaud de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, during their meeting in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.'/><p>Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, told NPR that photographs of his mother meeting a foreign official gave him "a reason to hope" for the first time since the military coup that ousted her in 2021.</p><p>(Image credit: Myanmar President Office)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5917915' />