The democracy campaigner has spent 20 years in total in detention, five of them since being overthrown by a coup.

The timing is perfect for a film biography of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese activist and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. Late last month Suu Kyi won a seat in Parliament and, as head of ...

Aung San Suu Kyi is many things. She is a global democracy icon. She is a beloved national hero in Burma, whose people call her Mother Suu. She is a newly minted parliamentarian in a country that is ...

Aung San Suu Kyi has spent 20 years imprisoned – will she live to see freedom? - COMMENT: After two decades of confinement, Myanmar’s most famous political prisoner is in failing health and faces her ...

Ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pic) has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup, but her absence looms large ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been siloed in military detention since a 2021 coup. Still, her absence looms ...

The head of Myanmar’s military junta made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honouring General Aung San, an independence hero and father of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. It was the ...

An eight-city U.S. tour by the son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will include Fort Wayne, according to local natives of the Southeast Asia country. Ko Htein Lin, also known as Kim Aris, ...

BANGKOK — Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting videos, ...