In Burma, also called Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced today to three years at hard labor for illegally harboring an American tourist. But the Chairman of the ruling ...

A second attempt to auction the family house of Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has failed, an eyewitness told dpa in Yangon. "There were some lawyers and journalists in front of the house ...

Reports of deposed former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s move to house arrest are “questionable,” her son said Tuesday, adding he believed the ruling military junta wants to keep her location ...

YANGON, Myanmar -- Aung San Suu Kyi returned to public life Monday after 19 months of house arrest, breathing new life into the opposition's struggle for democracy but aware that Myanmar's military ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's detained, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 63rd birthday by offering yellow roses Thursday at Yangon's famous Shwedagon pagoda through a member of her ...

Journalists have been flocking to John Yettaw's modest residence in the unincorporated community of Falcon for insight into the man who allegedly swam across a lake and sneaked into the home of ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence ...

Pope Francis has appealed for the release of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi and even offered to shelter her at the Vatican. “I asked for Ms Suu Kyi’s release and received her son in ...

FILE - In this June 15, 2012, file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi briefs the media after a meeting with Norway Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the Norway government guest house ...