Aung San Suu Kyi's move out of prison and why it matters
Apr 23, 2024 · SINGAPORE: More than three years after their arrest and imprisonment in a military coup, Myanmar’s former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and president Win Myint were reportedly moved out...
Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t the villain of Myanmar’s tragedy
2 days ago · Benedict Rogers’ recent article, “The world must end its silence on Aung San Suu Kyi” (Union of Catholic Asian News, January 17, 2025) indulges in distorted half-truths. Despite his so-called good intentions, Rogers casts Suu Kyi as the villain in a tragedy engineered by the very military she has consistently opposed.
Where is Aung San Suu Kyi? - The Diplomat
May 2, 2024 · Aung San Suu Kyi appears to have escaped the tin-roofed cinder-block structure in Naypyidaw prison for now.
China to back military-ruled Myanmar regardless of situation
Apr 2, 2022 · China “has always placed Myanmar in an important position in its neighborly diplomacy” and wants to “deepen exchanges and cooperation,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin on Friday, according to …
Myanmar marks 4 yrs since coup, eyes election without Suu Kyi's …
1 day ago · Myanmar on Saturday marked four years since the coup that ousted the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, with the junta extending a state of emergency the previous day amid an expanding conflict between the military and opposition forces. ... Neighbor China last year expressed its full support for the election, apparently concerned ...
Head of Myanmar’s military government to visit close ally China
Nov 4, 2024 · State-run MRTV television said that Min Aung Hlaing will visit the Chinese city of Kunming on Wednesday and Thursday to attend three summits: The Greater Mekong Subregion, the Ayeyawady-Chao...
Aung San Suu Kyi - South China Morning Post
Oct 20, 2012 · Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s former leader, has been detained by the military since it overthrew her government in a 2021 coup. The election has been widely derided as a sham, and unlikely to be...
Myanmar coup: China blocks UN condemnation as protest grows - BBC
Feb 3, 2021 · China has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the military coup in Myanmar. The military took power in the South East Asian nation on Monday after arresting political leader Aung...
Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years - BBC
Dec 30, 2022 · A Myanmar military court has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further seven years in prison, taking her overall jail time to 33 years. The country's former democratically-elected leader was...
Far from Ukraine and Gaza, Another War Just Killed 50,000 People
Jan 31, 2024 · Myanmar's army seized power after Suu Kyi, now 78, trounced a pro-military party in elections it said were irregular. The coup cut short a tentative experiment with democracy after decades of army ...