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AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader of Myanmar, has been in military custody since a 2021 coup deposed her government.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 8, 2025
Former Myanmar leader Suu Kyi's health worsening in military custody, son says
The prominent pro-democracy leader has been in military custody since a 2021 coup deposed her government.
Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya speaks during a news conference last month.
JAPAN
Aug 2, 2025
911±¬ÁÏÍø foreign minister urges Myanmar to restore democracy
Japan strongly urges Myanmar's military to "swiftly restore the country's democratic political system," Iwaya told a news conference.
A policeman walks on a street in Yangon on July 19, 2025, on the 78th Martyrs' Day marking the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders, including Gen. Aung San, the father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 31, 2025
Myanmar junta ends 4?-year state of emergency in election run-up
Opposition groups have pledged to boycott the election, which monitors say will be used to consolidate the military's power.
People participate in a rally in support of Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, in 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2025
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi marks 80th birthday in junta jail
No formal celebrations are planned in junta-held parts of Myanmar, but followers in military-controlled Mandalay city staged a spontaneous protest ahead of her birthday.
Myanmar's junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 28, 2025
Myanmar junta chief to make rare trip abroad to Bangkok
Since seizing power in a February 2021 coup, Min Aung Hlaing has mostly only traveled to close allies Russia and China.
A woman stands outside the gates of the family house of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday, during an attempt to sell the lakeside mansion.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 5, 2025
Bid to sell Suu Kyi's Myanmar mansion flops for third time
It is unclear who in the country would be in a position to spend $140 million on a single, increasingly dilapidated property.
Myanmar migrant worker Ma Phyu in her apartment in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2025
Misery continues for Myanmar exiles four years on from coup
Those who fled to Thailand scrape by doing hard jobs for little pay ¡ª often living in fear of being arrested and sent back to Myanmar.
A protester holds a flag as he shouts slogans during a demonstration to mark the anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the United Nations office in Bangkok, on Feb. 1, 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 30, 2025
Risk of violence escalates in Myanmar's civil war as election looms
With many forces opposing the junta and the election, tensions are set to rise ahead of the ballot.
A protester holds up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration to mark the third anniversary of Myanmar¡¯s 2021 military coup, outside the United Nations office in Bangkok on February 1.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 20, 2024
Son of Suu Kyi 'concerned' as mother marks birthday in detention
The Nobel laureate has been detained by the military since it toppled her government and seized power in 2021.
Cambodia's then-Prime Minister Hun Sen and Aung San Suu Kyi walk past the honor guard during her visit to Phnom Penh on April 30, 2019. Myanmar's junta said on Wednesday that it would not permit Hun Sen to meet with Suu Kyi, who has been detained since a 2021 coup.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2024
Myanmar junta rebuffs Hun Sen's request to meet Suu Kyi
Cambodia's former leader said he had requested a meeting with the Nobel laureate, detained since 2021, during talks with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Protesters hold images of Aung San Suu Kyi and a flag of Myanmar during a demonstration outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok on Feb. 1, 2023, to mark the second anniversary of the coup in Myanmar.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2024
Jailed Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
During her months-long trial, Suu Kyi reportedly suffered dizzy spells, vomiting and at times had been unable to eat because of a tooth infection.
A police officer walks outside the entrance of the family house of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2024
No bids as Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion auctioned
A decadeslong dispute over the property between the Nobel laureate and her brother prompted the attempted sale.
Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on Feb. 1, 2021, presides over an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 31, 2024
Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief's power in doubt
Min Aung Hlaing's leadership has been questioned after a series of military defeats during a sweeping offensive by rebel groups known as Operation 1027.
A video grab shows the acting President of Myanmar's National Unity Government, Duwa Lashi La, speaking during an interview from an undisclosed location in Myanmar, in November 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 2, 2023
Myanmar resistance leader claims majority control over territory
Violence has intensified as the military dictatorship faces a crumbling economy, growing dissent and a multi-front conflict.
Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2023
Myanmar junta pardons Suu Kyi on some charges
The pardons would mean a reduction in her prison term of six years, junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 18, 2023
Key ASEAN members skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism
Thailand hosted the foreign minister of Myanmar's ruling junta at informal regional peace talks on Sunday, as key Southeast Asian counterparts stayed away from the meeting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 29, 2023
Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi¡¯s party after poll boycott
The National League for Democracy was among 40 parties that failed to submit an application within the 60-day deadline required under a new law mandating registration for planned elections.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2023
World should tip the scales in Myanmar¡¯s civil war
With Myanmar's civil war having reached a stalemate, the international community should step in, recognize the civilian government and deliver weapons to its armed wing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying elections
The country has been in turmoil since the army's power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of the nation while tanking the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2023
More bloodshed feared in Myanmar as junta plans election
Observers say the planned vote cannot be free and fair under the present circumstances and may be aimed only at justifying the junta's hold on power.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan¡¯s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France ¡ª where he had lived since he was a young child ¡ª stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India¡¯s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of 911±¬ÁÏÍø economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo¡¯s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ¡®There¡¯s beauty in what we throw away¡¯
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India¡¯s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ¡®Mishima¡¯ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima¡¯s legacy, Paul Schrader¡¯s biopic ¡°Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters¡± was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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