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Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Burmese pro democracy leader and Nobel Peace prize winner. A renowned advocate of non-violence and human rights who spent many years under house arrest.
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19 Jun 1945
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Myanmar’s military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing shake hands after their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on March 4, 2025. Photo: Pool/EPA-EFE/AP
Myanmar

Putin has ‘breathing room’ for Myanmar to get Russian arms amid isolation

A visit to Russia by General Min Aung Hlaing aimed to enhance Moscow’s influence in Southeast Asia underscored the junta’s need for diplomatic recognition.

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Myanmar

Myanmar junta criticises Argentina arrest warrant

Myanmar

In Asia’s forgotten war, reluctant rebels mark 4 years of bloody chaos

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Asean

Anwar’s pick of Thaksin as adviser raises fears of ex-PM favouring Myanmar junta

Myanmar resistance groups are concerned that the former Thai leader will align his business interests with those of the military junta.

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Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at a tech event in Bangkok on December 4. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Myanmar ‘risks becoming a forgotten crisis’, UN envoy warns

Criminal networks operating from Myanmar have spiralled ‘out of control’ with 3.4 million people displaced by fighting, special envoy says.

Myanmar

China consulate in Myanmar hit with explosive device

The blast occurred at the consulate office in central Mandalay, south of the Royal Palace, around 7pm local time on Friday.

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Thailand

Asian Angle | Is Asia’s democracy in retreat? Insights from Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Thailand

Political shifts across Asia show the struggles of democratic movements – and why backing despots is not always a safe bet.

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Protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, shout slogans as they celebrate Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on August 5. Photo: AP
Italy

‘We must do something’: Pope offers Vatican refuge to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former leader, has been detained by the military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup.

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Myanmar

Myanmar junta announces census for promised 2025 election, despite criticism

The election has been widely derided as a sham, and unlikely to be recognised by the West. Myanmar’s shadow government suspects the junta will misuse census data.

Myanmar

China pushes to secure Myanmar’s military a seat at the table as junta falters

Concerned by a potential power vacuum, Beijing is hoping to shape Myanmar’s trajectory as the generals’ grip weakens.

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Destroyed buildings in Myanmar earlier this month. Anti-junta forces are intent on the military’s “total defeat”, analysts say. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Son of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘concerned’ as mother marks birthday in detention

Suu Kyi, who turned 79 on Wednesday, has been detained by the military since it toppled her government and seized power in 2021, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.

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Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi (right) and her son Kim Aris pose for pictures in Yangon in July 2011. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has been incommunicado for over 3 years, family says

Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris told Italian media the family had not heard from Myanmar’s former leader since she was ousted and arrested in 2021.

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Myanmar

Myanmar’s figurehead vice-president steps down for health reasons

Henry Van Thio, who served in elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and continued in position after she was ousted by military in 2021, is stepping down for unspecified health reasons, state media reported.

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Myanmar

Fight or flight: Myanmar youth flee conscription to take up arms against junta

Running from conscription, enraged by the military and boosted by the sudden, unexpected scent of victory, Myanmar’s youth have decided they have to either flee the country or join the fight.

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A member of the Myanmar People’s Defence Forces at a rebel-held checkpoint near Dawei city looks on as smoke rising from a junta air strike. Photo: Khu Sam
Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta likely to up brutality amid ‘survival game’ 3 years after coup

But the military is likely to ‘fight ever more brutally, the closer it comes to defeat’, analysts say, even as ‘pace of liberation quickens’ in Myanmar.

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(FILES) Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing stands in a car as he oversees a military display at a parade ground to mark the country’s Independence Day in Naypyidaw on January 4, 2023. Myanmar’s National Defence and Security Council agreed July 31, 2023 to extend the country’s state of emergency by six months, state media said, likely delaying elections the junta had pledged to hold by August. (Photo by AFP)
Myanmar

Rebel fire and China’s ire: inside Myanmar’s anti-junta offensive

The anti-junta operation came amid rising anger in Beijing with the junta over rampant crime on the border, which created conditions that supported the blitzkrieg, analysts say.

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United Nations

Global killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew: UN

Gang and political violence globally, as well as ‘economic repercussions of Covid-related restrictions’ accounted for the higher figure in 2021.

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Myanmar

After 650 days in Myanmar jail, Australian recalls ‘memorable birthday cake’

Sean Turnell, a co-defendant with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was imprisoned in Myanmar after being accused of being a spy and convicted by a junta-run court.

This frame grab from video footage shows Sean Turnell, an Australian economist who worked as an advisor with Myanmar’s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Myanmar expels East Timor diplomat over support of opposition

East Timor’s charge d’affaires is believed to be the first foreign diplomat expelled from Myanmar since the February 2021 coup that deposed Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Myanmar

UK police question ex-Myanmar ambassador over residence row

In 2021, diplomats close to the junta seized the embassy in London and refused access to Kyaw Zwar Minn – a supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government – and he hasn’t left the ambassador’s residence since.

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Asean

Will Myanmar crisis derail East Timor’s efforts to join Asean?

East Timor has been a strong advocate of democracy, but has also had to moderate its views in order to gain Asean membership.

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East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Dili in July. Photo: AP
Myanmar

Asian Angle | Why Myanmar’s brutal military junta can never defeat Aung San Suu Kyi

The military, which toppled Suu Kyi in a coup, has slightly reduced the 78-year-old’s long jail term – but such gestures are empty and far from enough to alter how the murderous regime is viewed.

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A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a candlelight vigil in 2021 to honour those who died during demonstrations against Myanmar’s military coup. File photo: AFP
Myanmar

Myanmar’s partial pardon of Suu Kyi a ‘cynical ploy’ to ease global pressure

The move comes as views against the junta start to harden, over its air wars, and as it steps up its campaign of terror against the population.

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Myanmar

Video | Aung San Suu Kyi partially pardoned for 5 offences but remains in detention

Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta pardons Aung San Suu Kyi, postpones election it promised

Myanmar’s ex-leader will be pardoned for five of the 19 offences for which she was jailed for a total of 33 years following the 2021 coup. Former president Win Myint was also pardoned.

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A protester in Yangon holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration in February 2021 against the military coup. Suu Kyi was sentenced to a total of 33 years imprisonment following the coup. Photo: AFP
Myanmar

Video | Myanmar’s detained leader Suu Kyi moved to house arrest

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest from jail
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Asean

Opinion | Thailand’s Myanmar approach exposes flaws in Asean that other actors may exploit

Myanmar represents Asean’s biggest internal challenge to date, and Thailand’s bid for a ‘complementary’ diplomatic initiative undermines the bloc’s centrality.

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Asean

Key Asean members skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism

Thailand’s prime minister invited Myanmar’s junta-appointed Foreign Minister Than Shwe to the talks, despite criticism over failing to honour agreement to talk with opponents linked to ousted Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

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