Senior General Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar's military junta attended a Martyr’s Day ceremony for the first time since the army's takeover in 2021. The event commemorated independence hero Aung San, whose assassination in 1947 is marked annually. Aung San Suu Kyi, the former leader, remains imprisoned and was absent from the ceremony. The military is preparing for elections, seen as a means to legitimize their power amid ongoing conflict with armed opposition groups.