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To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.
Ko Khant and Min Aung once lived in vastly different worlds, hundreds of kilometres apart. Then came February 1, 2021.
A file picture shows US president Barack Obama and Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (R) take part in a press conference at her residence in Yangon on 14 November 2014 (AFP via Getty ...
YANGON: Myanmar authorities failed to auction off Aung San Suu Kyi's lakeside mansion on Tuesday -- the fourth time the sale of the jailed Nobel peace laureate's property has attracted no bidders.
Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San ...
A retired high-ranking officer in Myanmar’s military has been shot dead by a self-proclaimed urban guerrilla group near his home in the country’s biggest city.
A six-year-old girl and a teenage boy were among 16 people arrested and labelled as "terrorists" in connection to the ...
Myanmar’s military authorities arrested 16 people, including a six-year-old girl, in connection with the assassination of a ...
In Myanmar, security forces have detained a six-year-old girl and 15 others in connection with the assassination of retired ...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s son aims for world record 80,000 messages to honour her 80th birthday - The pro-democracy Nobel Peace ...
The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence ...
Ms Suu Kyi’s colonial-styled private villa near Yangon’s scenic Inya lake is ... independence hero General Aung San, was assassinated in July 1947. However, the property has remained in ...