September 08, 2025 11:31 am
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has also suffered from bone and gum issues, and it is likely she had been injured in an earthquake in March that killed more than 3,700 people.
April 04, 2025 6:09 pm
Myanmar's military and several key armed resistance groups have all declared ceasefires in the wake of the earthquake to facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid.
December 21, 2024 6:08 am
The six nations attending Thursday's meeting “agreed that direct engagement with Myanmar is critical and necessary,” said Thailand's Foreign minister Maris Sangiampongsa.
April 17, 2024 9:58 am
Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the 72-year-old former president of her ousted government, were among the elderly and infirm prisoners moved from out of prison because of the severe heat.
September 25, 2023 10:09 pm
Aung San Suu Kyi is, for many, the face of the democracy movement in Myanmar. But some are looking beyond the civilian leader.
July 05, 2023 3:59 pm
The Supreme Court is expected to hear Suu Kyi's appeals against convictions for misuse of state funds and violations of trade and telecoms laws over the next two weeks.
March 31, 2023 7:19 am
The junta’s election talk began in January this year, ahead of the second anniversary of the February 1, 2021 military coup, erasing the NLD’s 2020 election victory that crushed the United Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), a military proxy.
March 28, 2023 10:19 pm
Suu Kyi, 77, is serving prison sentences totalling 33 years after being convicted in a series of politically tainted prosecutions brought by the military.
December 30, 2022 11:56 am
The court's action leaves her with a total of 33 years to serve in prison following a series of politically tinged prosecutions since the army toppled her elected government in February 2021.
October 28, 2022 11:16 am
Myanmar is in flames, with multiple battles raging between the junta and the resistance. The West does not have the bandwidth for it, the ASEAN has been ineffectual, and India is treading a fine line. Russia and China have rushed in.
March 09, 2021 6:15 pm
The night's street protests began after police cordoned off part of Yangon's Sanchaung neighborhood and were believed to be conducting door-to-door searches for those who fled attacks by security forces to seek shelter in the homes of sympathetic strangers.
February 26, 2021 5:26 pm
Security forces in Myanmar's largest city of Yangon have fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup protesters today.
September 04, 2018 1:04 pm
A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation.
September 06, 2017 11:37 am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning met Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi post which the two leaders issued a joint statement to the media. Modi said the two neighbouring countries had similar security concerns and that it was important for them to work together.
November 14, 2014 2:26 pm
The amity between the USA and Myanmar was on a new high when the US President Barack Obama met Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu today in Yangon, Myanmar on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit.
November 02, 2015 11:44 am
Aung San Suu Kyi held her biggest rally yet ahead of Myammar’s November 8 election.