Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s neighbours seek to ease its isolation despite conflict

[CEBU] Sentiment is warming among some South-east Asian nations toward easing Myanmar’s isolation five years after the overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi, with diplomats signaling a desire to bring the cri...

On Thursday, state media broadcast a photograph of Suu Kyi, seated on a wooden bench with two uniformed personnel, the first public image of her in years.

Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest; to meet legal team this weekend

She has been detained since the military ousted her civilian government in a coup in February 2021

Aung San Suu Kyi is serving a 27-year sentence for a litany of offences; she has not been seen in public since the end of her marathon trials, and her whereabouts are unknown.

Myanmar cuts ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s sentence, frees former president

It is reduced by one-sixth, and is unclear whether she can serve the rest of her time under house arrest, says lawyer

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that any assessment will proceed in a sequenced manner, guided by the need to reduce violence.

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