Myanmar: An uneasy alliance

Myanmar needs to develop a modern and independent university system which has been destroyed by half a century of military rule, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said.

IT is Aung San Suu Kyi's mantra for embedding democratic reform, but for many who endured Myanmar's authoritarian and deeply corrupt former junta the "rule of law" remains a distant hope. Flashpoint issues such as land grabbing have intensified ...

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was reappointed as party leader by Myanmar's long-silenced opposition on Sunday at a landmark maiden congress, as it eyes victory in elections due in 2015.

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Photo: Reuters Elections, so their campaigns promise, are about ''change'', ''progress'' and ''reform''. But in a slew of polls coming up across South Asia, the promises of change are being made by some ...

Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Members of Myanmar`s Muslim minority Rohingya community said that they have been barred from a gathering to welcome Aung San Suu Kyi when she visits Japan.

M. Muddakkas life did not change much after she hosted Nobel laureate and Opposition leader of Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi. She had already achieved that, thanks to her grit and hard work.The 47-year-old mother of three, and poster girl for the womens SHG ...

Moegyobyin (Myanmar), March 14 (Reuters): Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi faced the wrath of hundreds of villagers today angered by her defence of an independent report that backed expansion of a copper mine they say was built on illegally seized land.

In a virtually unprecedented political phenomenon, hostile villagers confronted opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the second day of a trip to northwestern Myanmar to explain why she sup...