Rare photos of Myanmar's ex-leader Suu Kyi show her receiving books sent by King Charles III

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military-backed government said Monday that it had delivered two books sent by King Charles III to detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi , along with a sealed envelope and diplomatic correspondence. President Min Aung Hlaing , who seized power in February 2021 as an army chief, has been seeking to end Myanmar's international isolation, imposed after Suu Kyi was ousted and imprisoned. Min Aung Hlaing has faced sanctions but is now trying to project a return to normalcy after holding an election in 2025 and increasing Myanmar's engagement with its regional neighbors. The Presidential Press and Information Bureau said in a statement released on its Telegram channel that officials from the Home Affairs ministry delivered the materials to Suu Kyi in the capital, Naypyitaw, that morning. The books were identified as The Land Gardeners: Soil to Table, by British authors Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld, which explores the relationship between healthy soil and food, and Soil: The World at Our Feet, the catalog from an environmental exhibition in London. Charles,