The head of Myanmar’s military government made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honoring General Aung San, an ...

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in ...

As humanitarian crises mount and international aid is obstructed, the need for pragmatic engagement with local non-state ...

The U.S. has sanctioned Myanmar's military junta and refused to acknowledge its rule, so Mr. Trump's personal letter to its ...

Myanmar’s military-led government has reduced the prison sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a clemency connected to a religious holiday. Aug. 1, 2023 ...

The party of Myanmar’s deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday they were concerned she is “not receiving adequate medical care” while in prison, amid reports her health is failing.

Aung San Suu Kyi, left, is seen with Myanmar’s military commander, senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, in 2016. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) By Shashank Bengali. Feb. 1, 2021 Updated 5:45 PM PT.

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi at her National League for Democracy party headquarters in Naypyidaw in July 2020. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) By Associated Press. Feb. 3, 2021 Updated 4:31 PM PT.

Coup sparks protests For more than 50 years, Myanmar – also known as Burma – was run by successive isolationist military regimes that plunged the country into poverty and brutally stifled any ...

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory in the Nov. 8, 2020, general election. (Aung Shine Oo / Associated Press) By David Pierson.

The party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi won an election landslide in November. But with its singular leader once again in detention, the future of the National League for Democracy is unclear.