The Latest Breaking News from Suu Kyi

Myanmar's deposed democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 80th birthday in junta detention on Thursday, serving a raft of sentences set to last the rest of her life.

First details emerge of ousted leader’s life in detention under military rule

A fourth attempt by Myanmar’s authorities to sell by auction the home of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed after there were no bidders for the property, where she famously was held under house arrest for almost 15 years

Myanmar has been under military rule since February 2021, when its army ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government.

Thousands released in holiday amnesty as Myanmar reels from civil war and a devastating earthquake

Military criticised by UN for launching more than 120 attacks since announcing truce and blocking aid

The U.N.’s special envoy for Myanmar, Australia’s Julie Bishop, has met with the military-run nation’s foreign minister during her first visit since her appointment last year, Her mission comes in the wake of the massive earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, and in the larger context of the country’s…

The 2021 military coup which ousted democratically-elected State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been met with widespread opposition, sparking widespread protests and triggering an armed resistance which has plunged much of the country into conflict.

Myanmar’s military chief used a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day celebration to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by year’s end and call on opposition groups fighting the army to join in party politics