The democracy campaigner has spent 20 years in total in detention, five of them since being overthrown by a coup.

Myanmar’s democracy icon has now spent two decades incarcerated or under house arrest. Shweta Sharma reports on another grim milestone for a country wrecked by brutal military rule and embroiled in a

Myanmar's dominant pro-military party has won junta-run elections, a party source told AFP on Monday, after a month-long vote that democracy watchdogs dismissed as a rebranding of army rule. While the military has said the election will return power to the people,

Myanmar’s military junta says that it has moved Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s former leader, from prison to house arrest, due to concerns about the hot weather in Myanmar’s central plain. In comments given to various media outlets, junta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ASEAN Plus Three Summit in Bangkok (Reuters) -Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is suffering from worsening heart problems and needs urgent medical attention, her son ...

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she live to see freedom? - COMMENT: After two decades of confinement, Myanmar’s most famous political prisoner is in failing health and faces her final years behind bars.

Myanmar's junta says the vote will return power to the people but ousted democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in detention and her popular party has been dissolved

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi and around 20,000 fellow political prisoners will be the most crucial step towards ending the conflict in Myanmar, the country’s government-in-exile has said. The National Unity Government, or NUG, which comprises former ...