His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-civil-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aungsansuukyi #myanmar #southeastasia #minaunghlaing
Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large over junta-run polls the generals are touting as a return to democracy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/11/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-election-suu-kyi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #aungsansuukyi #southeastasia
While Myanmar's military flaunts the trappings of elections — party billboards, voting machines, observers from countries like China and Belarus — its professed path to "disciplined democracy” is neither free nor fair. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/asia-pacific/myanmar-election-people-suffering/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #aungsansuukyi
Overshadowed by civil war and doubts about the credibility of the polls, voters in Myanmar were casting their ballots in a general election starting on Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/asia-pacific/myanmar-election-polls-open/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #aungsansuukyi
Myanmar's junta attempts to cement its control over the country and gain legitimacy through elections following fierce armed resistance that has emerged since the military coup. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/25/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-election-long-odds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #democracy #aungsansuukyi #thailand
The son of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar, said his mother is suffering from worsening heart problems while in military custody and needs urgent medical attention. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-suu-kyi-health-custody/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #aungsansuukyi #southeastasia
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya has urged Myanmar to restore democracy, after the Southeast Asian country lifted the state of emergency imposed when its military staged a coup in 2021. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/japan-myanmar-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #takeshiiwaya #foreignministry #myanmar #myanmarjapanrelations #aungsansuukyi
Myanmar's junta has ended the country's state of emergency after 4½ years as it ramps up plans for a December election that monitors say will be used to consolidate the military's power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-end-state-of-emergency/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia #aungsansuukyi #minaunghlaing