Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar Military Probing Suspect Civilian Deaths
Myanmar's military said Tuesday it was probing whether troops killed three civilians in the country's violence-wracked...
Secession Fears Cloud Myanmar Peace Talks
Talks to end decades of bitter civil war in Myanmar have faltered, a government spokesman warned Sunday, blaming ethnic...
Myanmar Must Investigate ‘army Beating’ Video
Myanmar authorities must investigate a video showing men in military uniforms viciously beating handcuffed detainees...
Myanmar’s Hardline Monks Gather Despite Ban
Hundreds of monks and supporters of Myanmar's ultra-nationalist Ma Ba Tha movement gathered in a Yangon monastery...
China-Backed Militia New Powerbrokers In Myanmar Peace Process
Branded as Asia's most heavily-armed drug dealers, the China-backed ethnic Wa rebels have emerged as key players in...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Defends Slow-Moving Peace Process
Peace talks got underway in Myanmar on Wednesday, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi defending her government's...
Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes
Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...
Myanmar Seeks To Kick Start Stalled Peace Process
Hundreds of representatives from Myanmar's ethnic insurgent groups gathered in the capital on Wednesday for talks aimed...
Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims
Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...
EU Pushes Myanmar For Aid Access In Northern Rakhine
A senior European Union official has urged Myanmar to allow full aid access to the north of Rakhine state, where...
Vatican and Myanmar Agree To Establish Diplomatic Ties
The Vatican and Myanmar established full diplomatic relations on Thursday in the latest step in the former pariah Asian...
Suu Kyi Rejects UN Myanmar Probe
Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday rejected a decision by the UN's rights council to investigate allegations of crimes by...
Southeast Asia’s Leaders Steer Away From Democracy
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's deadly drug war is part of a worrying assault on human rights and democracy...
Vindictive NPP Still Chasing Charlotte Osei
A group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is vindictively opposing the decision by the Royal...
Malala Yousafzai Becomes Honorary Canadian Citizen
Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai became only the sixth person to receive honorary Canadian citizenship Wednesday,...
Myanmar Begins Shuttering Three Rakhine Camps
Myanmar has started shutting down three displacement camps in strife-torn Rakhine state, a senior official said...
UN Pushes Myanmar To Release Detained Rohingya Children
The UN children's agency UNICEF has called on Myanmar's government to release Rohingya children detained as part of a...
Myanmar Govt Staff Sentenced To Jail For Criticising Army
An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi's government was sentenced to six months in jail in a Yangon court on Friday...
Aung San Suu Kyi: No Ethnic Cleansing of Myanmar Muslim Minority
Aung San Suu Kyi has denied there is ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, despite widespread...