The USDP was founded by former Prime Minister Thein Sein to fight the 2010 general elections and has been one of the two major political parties in Myanmar, the other being Aung San Suu Kyi’s National ...

Washington has imposed multiple rounds of sanctions on Myanmar's junta and its sources of income since the military toppled the elected government of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in February ...

Dismissing the notion that Myanmar was ever a democracy, the adviser said, "Even under Aung San Suu Kyi, it functioned ... in counter-terrorism, these achievements could be undermined if root ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court heard final arguments on Wednesday in appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her convictions in two cases in which she was charged with election ...

After brief democratic hopes under Aung San Suu Kyi, the 2021 military coup returned the country to brutal junta rule. Civil war now rages across ethnic states, with the Rohingya genocide ...

Myanmar authorities failed to auction off Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside mansion yesterday -- the fourth time the sale of the jailed Nobel peace laureate’s property has attracted no bidders. A ...

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Myanmar’s authorities have once again put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside mansion up for auction – marking the fourth time it has failed to attract any bidders. Ms Suu Kyi’s colonial-styled ...

Myanmar’s authorities have once again put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lakeside mansion up for auction – marking the fourth time it has failed to attract any bidders. Ms Suu Kyi’s ...