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AUNG SAN SUU KYI

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2021
Persuasion, not pressure, must be used with Myanmar
The real question, however, is not whether Japan recognizes the new government in Myanmar. What matters most is how Japan resumes its efforts of persuasion.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2021
Myanmar’s coup must be reversed
During the darkest days of Myanmar's military junta, Tokyo governments worried that isolating Myanmar would push it into China's sphere of influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Suu Kyi is proven right about Myanmar
Faced with a constricting institutional and constitutional position, Suu Kyi's efforts to extricate the military from the power structure was always going to be a huge challenge.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2021
Myanmar army’s next problem: Defeating Aung San Suu Kyi in an election
Myanmar's army has plenty of examples in Asia of powerful elites that write rules favoring the establishment at election time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2021
Japan defense official warns Myanmar coup could increase China's influence
Myanmar's army seized power Monday, declaring a state of emergency, and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi along with other government officials.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2021
The Myanmar coup’s dangerous aftershocks
Although the army has declared a state of emergency for a year, past history in Myanmar with such declarations could easily suggest that the state of emergency could go on for many years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 1, 2021
All eyes on Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing as military seizes power
Myanmar's powerful military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, is in the spotlight after politicians from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party were detained and the army announced it was taking power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 29, 2021
Myanmar army flexes muscles as Aung San Suu Kyi's government begins second term
The military's allegations of voter list irregularities have been accompanied by cryptic comments about abolishing the constitution.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Nov 16, 2020
How a human rights angel lost her halo
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi has turned into an apologist for the very generals who once locked her up, downplaying their murderous campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi poised to win a second term as Myanmar votes
Millions are expected to cast their ballots even as the Southeast Asian nation fights to contain a surging coronavirus epidemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 6, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi set to win again even as Myanmar’s economic dreams fade
Suu Kyi's first year in office saw foreign direct investment hit $9.4 billion, a record, but that dropped down to $5.5 billion in the last financial year that ended on Sept. 30.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2020
‘Kill all you see’: For first time, Myanmar soldiers tell of Rohingya slaughter
The atrocities described by the two men echo evidence of serious human rights abuses gathered from among more than 1 million Rohingya refugees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 19, 2020
IT happens: Facebook says technical error caused vulgar translation of Chinese leader's name
Facebook Inc. on Saturday blamed a technical error for Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name appearing as "Mr. S—-hole" in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologizing for any offense caused.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 18, 2020
Myanmar and China agree to speed projects but ink no new deals
China and Myanmar inked dozens of deals on Saturday to speed up infrastructure projects as Beijing seeks to cement its hold over a neighbor increasingly isolated by the West.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 17, 2020
Xi courts an isolated Myanmar in first state visit of the year
In China's carefully choreographed diplomatic calendar, the itinerary of the president's first overseas trip can send signals about his long-term strategic goals.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2019
Myanmar's Suu Kyi calls supporters a 'source of strength' during genocide hearings
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday thanked supporters who staged large rallies on her behalf as she defended the country against genocide charges at The Hague, speaking to the nation for the first time since she returned on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2019
Dozens of fleeing Rohingya go on trial in Myanmar for 'illegal travel'
Dozens of Rohingya Muslims appeared in a Myanmar court on Wednesday to face charges of traveling illegally after they were arrested while fleeing apartheid-like conditions in the country's Rakhine state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 6, 2019
Stunning turnaround as Suu Kyi set to defend Myanmar against charge of Rohingya genocide
The last time Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi traveled to Western Europe, she was feted as the freshly elected civilian ruler of a fledgling democracy who had brought an end to half a century of military dictatorship.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 11, 2019
Myanmar politicians take advantage of China's junket tours
The National League for Democracy was forged in an uprising against one-party rule. Its activists spent years in jail under Myanmar's military junta. But since taking power three years ago, the party led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has found an unlikely ally — the Chinese Communist Party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2019
In Myanmar, new parties challenge Suu Kyi's grip on power
New political groups are emerging to contest Myanmar's next election in 2020, aiming to challenge the hegemony of national civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi after she has been weakened by escalating ethnic conflicts and slowing economic growth.

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