Aung San Suu Kyi

• As Some Boycott Myanmar’s Flawed Election, Others Hope for Change - The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions.
• In Myanmar, the Election Is Called Fake, but the Human Suffering Is Real - A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections.