Myanmar Election Not Free or Credible: Thai Foreign Minister

BANGKOK—Military-ruled Myanmar’s election starting next month will be neither free nor credible, Thailand’s foreign minister said, calling for the release of detained democratic leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar’s military ousted the Nobel laureate’s elected government and seized power in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war.

The junta is trumpeting the vote as an opportunity for reconciliation, but neither Daw Aung San Suu Kyi nor her dissolved National League for Democracy (NLD) will take part.