In this photo released by Myanmar's government on Thursday, Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks on the phone with her son Kim Aris, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. Myanmar President Spokesperson Office via AP hide caption

Myanmar President Spokesperson Office via AP

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — After nearly six years in detention, Aung San Suu Kyi's first words to her son were a question about his health.

"And then I said all the family was sending their love and asked after her health," said Kim Aris, who spoke by phone with his 81-year-old mother on Thursday, their first direct conversation since the 2021 military coup toppled the democratically elected Myanmar government she led.

The 20-minute call, which Aris believes the military monitored, offered a rare glimpse of how the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate is being held.…