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After years of isolation, Myanmar works to reopen international relations

NPR | By Michael Sullivan

Published June 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM EDT

A visit to India and planned visit to China by Myanmar's leader signal a reopening of international relations for a country that has been isolated since the 2021 coup.

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Michael Sullivan

Michael Sullivan is NPR's Senior Asia Correspondent. He moved to Hanoi to open NPR's Southeast Asia Bureau in 2003. Before that, he spent six years as NPR's South Asia correspondent based in but seldom seen in New Delhi.