The End of Democracy in Myanmar

<p>Rumors had been swirling for days before Myanmar’s military launched a coup, taking back power and ousting the civilian leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.</p><p>Myanmar’s experiment with democracy, however flawed, now appears to be over.</p><p>Today, we examine the rise and fall of Aung San Suu Kyi.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/hannah-beech?smid=pc-thedaily">Hannah Beech</a>, The New York Times’s Southeast Asia bureau chief. </p><p>For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. You can read the latest edition <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily-newsletter">here</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The coup returns Myanmar to full military rule after a short span of quasi-democracy.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/world/asia/myanmar-coup.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> Here is what we know</a>.</li><li>Myanmar seemed to be building a peaceful transition to civilian governance. Instead,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/world/asia/myanmar-coup-aung-san-suu-kyi.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> a personal struggle</a> between military and civilian leaders brought it all down.</li><li>Aung San Suu Kyi,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/14/world/asia/myanmar-aung-san-suu-kyi-election.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> once considered a shimmering icon of democracy</a>, has lost her halo.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>