"She remains the single figure Myanmar’s military leaders fear most. No other politician has faced such repeated arrests, ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting ...

BANGKOK -- Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting ...

More than 22,000 political prisoners are still in detention, Bishop said, including Suu Kyi, who turns 80 on June 19, and the ousted president, Win Myint. The U.N. envoy said she detected “some ...

Sean Turnell, a former economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi, wrote this week that Nargis “hastened that brief period when military rule was forced into something of a retreat.” ...

An Argentine court considers Aung San Suu Kyi complicit in the Rohingya genocide of 2017. The NUG rejects that – and, worryingly, so do some Rohingya advocacy groups. On February 13, 2025, a ...

Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of Reform in Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar By Sean Turnell Lowy Institute for International Policy, 2024, 128 Pages Although it is a small book with fewer than 150 pages ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, who led a decadeslong struggle against military rule, was detained in 2021 when the army seized power from her elected government. Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi ...

He acknowledges that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been a force for good: he credits her for the country’s economic growth, admits that she increased personal freedom, the free press thrived, and education ...

Aung San Suu Kyi has been fighting for democracy in Myanmar for over three decades. She rose to political prominence during the 8888 uprising — named for the date it took place, August 8, 1988 ...