Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Kofi Annan to lead commission on Rohingya issue

Aung San Suu Kyi picks ex- UN chief Kofi Annan to lead commission to stop human rights abuses in Rakhine State between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims.

FROM A BYSTANDER / Myanmar gets ready for NLD government

Clearly there is lack of confidence in the armed forces. The military is suspicious that the new civilian government may resort to vengeance and throw some of the generals behind bars.

Editorial / Suu Kyi wins big

Myanmar's voters have spoken in the first openly contested election after 25 years, and the National League for Democracy...

MYANMAR GOES TO POLLS / Disciplined democracy versus Time for change

Sadly neither the USDP nor NLD has chosen Muslim candidates to contest, though Myanmar has over five million Muslims. Rohingyas are automatically disenfranchised as they are not considered citizens of the country. It will be a Muslim-free election.

Suu Kyi vows to lead govt

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi vows to lead the country if her National League for Democracy comes to power in the upcoming election.

Aung San Suu Kyi announces alliance with Shwe Mann

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that she will form an alliance with Shwe Mann, the ousted chairman of the governing Union Solidarity and Development Party.

August 24, 2016
August 24, 2016

Kofi Annan to lead commission on Rohingya issue

Aung San Suu Kyi picks ex- UN chief Kofi Annan to lead commission to stop human rights abuses in Rakhine State between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

Myanmar gets ready for NLD government

Clearly there is lack of confidence in the armed forces. The military is suspicious that the new civilian government may resort to vengeance and throw some of the generals behind bars.

November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015

Suu Kyi wins big

Myanmar's voters have spoken in the first openly contested election after 25 years, and the National League for Democracy...

November 2, 2015
November 2, 2015

Disciplined democracy versus Time for change

Sadly neither the USDP nor NLD has chosen Muslim candidates to contest, though Myanmar has over five million Muslims. Rohingyas are automatically disenfranchised as they are not considered citizens of the country. It will be a Muslim-free election.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

Suu Kyi vows to lead govt

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi vows to lead the country if her National League for Democracy comes to power in the upcoming election.

August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015

Aung San Suu Kyi announces alliance with Shwe Mann

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has announced that she will form an alliance with Shwe Mann, the ousted chairman of the governing Union Solidarity and Development Party.