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 ...

The son of political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has launched a bid to collect a world-record 80,000 messages from around the ...

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically ...

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The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence ...

An Argentinian court issued an international arrest warrant for Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate and political prisoner, along with other Myanmar officials, on charges of genocide and crimes ...

A widespread armed struggle against military rule in Myanmar began in February 2021 after generals seized power from the ...

It is impossible to understand Aung San Suu Kyi, or Myanmar, without understanding Buddhism. Yet this underlying story has often been eclipsed as the world has focused instead on military ...

However, this is precisely what occurred in February this year, when an Argentinian court asked for the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. The court's decision applies to 25 Myanmar citizens wanted on ...

However, this is precisely what occurred in February this year, when an Argentinian court asked for the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. The court's decision applies to 25 Myanmar citizens wanted on ...

The NUG’s close association with the ousted NLD government has prevented it from bringing the country’s various armed groups ...

Security forces in military-ruled Myanmar have arrested a six-year-old girl along with 15 other people suspected of involvement in the assassination of a retired high-ranking army officer.