Aung San Suu Kyi

Asean to assess developments in Myanmar after polls: Anwar

The regional bloc will avoid actions that would ‘confer premature legitimacy’ to any party

Voting for the general election will be held in three phases, in only 265 of Myanmar’s 330 townships.

Myanmar junta’s shift from battlefield to ballots faces long odds

Analysts and diplomats say forming a stable administration in the South-east Asian nation is unlikely due to the civil war

Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was detained after a 2021 military coup, which ousted her elected civilian government and sparked a civil war.

Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi ‘in good health’ after son raises alarm

But no other details or evidence is offered on the condition of the ex-leader now in prison

Kim Aris, son of Aung San Suu Kyi, says that the last letter he received from his mother was two years ago.

‘For all I know, she could be dead’, says son of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi

He says the elections can ease her plight as the military often releases prisoners to mark important events

The house holds a special place in Myanmar history – Suu Kyi was confined within its crumbling walls for around 15 years after shooting to fame during huge demonstrations against the then-junta in 1988.

Myanmar junta bid to sell Suu Kyi mansion flops for third time

The two-storey Yangon house, with about 0.8 hectares of land, was put up for sale with a minimum price of US$140 million

Myanmar's National League for Democracy senior leader and lawmaker Zaw Myint Maung (right) escorts Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during her arrival at the parliament in Naypyidaw on March 1, 2016. Zaw died of leukaemia on Oct 7, 2024 aged 72.

Close ally of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi dies of leukaemia: source

A CLOSE ally of detained Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi died of leukaemia on Monday, a party source told AFP, days after being released from junta custody on health grounds.

“I asked for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and I met her son in Rome. I have proposed to the Vatican to give her shelter on our territory,” says the pope.

Pope offers refuge to Myanmar's jailed Suu Kyi: report

“We cannot stay silent about the situation in Myanmar today. We must do something,” says Pope Francis

The 1.9-acre property with a colonial-style house near Yangon’s scenic Inya Lake will be offered at a floor price of about US$70 million.

Suu Kyi’s family mansion up for bidding again in August

The auction is the latest attempt to settle a long dispute between the imprisoned civilian leader and her estranged elder brother

Suu Kyi, who remains hugely popular in Myanmar, has been largely hidden from view since the coup.

Son of Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'concerned' as mother marks birthday in junta detention

The Nobel laureate is serving a 27-year sentence imposed by a junta court after a trial condemned by rights groups as a sham to shut her out of politics

Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a 27-year sentence for a host of criminal convictions ranging from corruption to breaching Covid-19 rules.

Jailed Myanmar leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest: source

MYANMAR’S junta has moved jailed democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, a source told AFP on Wednesday.