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Myint Swe, who became Myanmar’s acting president under controversial circumstances after the military seized power from the ...
The head of Myanmar’s military government made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honoring General Aung San, an ...
Myanmar’s military-appointed figurehead president -- suspended from service since last year due to declining health -- died ...
The South East Asian nation's military leaders named Myint Swe acting president after a 2021 coup.
In many nations, a leader’s health—or absence—can unsettle the political order. That’s exactly what happened in Myanmar. Now, ...
Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was sentenced to another four years in prison on Monday, the second round of verdicts against the Nobel prize winner.
A dangerous political bargain ends with Aung San Suu Kyi in a familiar place: detention Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is seen with Myanmar’s military commander, senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, in 2016.
Aung San Suu Kyi was just two years old at the time, but there’s no doubting her love and admiration for him. In a 2013 radio interview with the BBC, she described her father as “my first love ...
The two-year sentence of house arrest given to Aung San Suu Kyi is just one element of a legal offensive against her by Myanmar's military junta.
The news that Aung San Suu Kyi had been overthrown in a Feb. 1 coup spread through Myanmar like a shockwave. “Most of the citizens 100% depend on her,” says Kyaw Kyaw, a 28-year old LGBTQ ...
AUNG SAN SUU KYI: I and my party have been disappointed at the slow rate of release of political prisoners. We hope that whatever obstacles are in the way of their release will be overcome very ...