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15 Aug 2022

Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for 6 years for corruption

The 77-year-old Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar's opposition to military rule has been charged with at least 18 offences ranging from graft to election violations, carrying combined maximum jail terms of nearly 190 years.

11 Dec 2019

Genocide case brought against Myanmar 'misleading', says Suu Kyi

More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after the military launched a crackdown in western Rakhine state in August 2017. Most now live in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh.

28 Sep 2018

Canada strips Myanmar's Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

The move by the House of Commons lower chamber has no immediate effect because honorary citizenship is conferred by a joint resolution of both the House and the upper Senate chamber and officials say it must be removed the same way.

08 Mar 2018

Suu Kyi stripped of prestigious award for her silence on Rohingya crisis

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi been severely criticized for not stopping the military's 'brutal campaign' against Rohingya population.

Rohingya Crisis

27 Nov 2017

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi to visit China as criticism over Rohingya crisis escalates

Even as the US and UN have ramped up pressure over the Rohingya crisis, China has backed Myanmar's military action.

02 Nov 2017

Suu Kyi visits Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited confict-battered Rakhine state on Thursday for the first time.

Rohingya Muslims

13 Oct 2017

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi sets out aid plan to end Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi has set out plans for a new humanitarian project to enable Myanmar`s Rakhine State to emerge as a peaceful and developed region, which a close adviser said showed her determination to fix the country`s refugee crisis.

30 Sep 2017

Oxford removes Suu Kyi portrait after Rohingya criticism

"The college received the gift of a new painting earlier this month which will be exhibited for a period. The painting of Aung San Suu Kyi has meanwhile been moved to storage," the college said in a statement.

20 Sep 2017

Myanmar's Suu Kyi denies going 'soft' on military

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has rejected a suggestion she is soft on the military, which the United Nations has accused of ethnic cleansing, saying her relationship with the generals was normal and her objective was national reconciliation.

19 Sep 2017

Myanmar's Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday human rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be brought to book, but she did not address U.N. accusations of a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the military.

06 Sep 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Myanmar: A meeting with Suu Kyi and the Rohingya crisis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first bilateral visit to Myanmar is expected to chart a roadmap for closer cooperation between the two nations in areas like security and counter-terrorism.

05 May 2017

Myanmar' Aung San Suu Kyi meets Queen Elizabeth for lunch

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Britain`s Queen Elizabeth for lunch on Friday at Buckingham Palace.

07 Apr 2017

Myanmar govt staff sentenced to jail for criticising army

An official working for Aung San Suu Kyi`s government was sentenced to six months in jail by a Yangon court Friday for criticising Myanmar`s army chief in a Facebook post.

Aung San Suu Kyi

22 Sep 2016

Suu Kyi makes first UN speech as Myanmar leader

Suu Kyi's appearance Monday at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations is the latest landmark in a personal and national transformation as the country also known as Burma emerges from five decades of military rule.

14 Sep 2016

Barack Obama to consider easing Myanmar sanctions as Aung San Suu Kyi visits

United States President Barack Obama will on Wednesday host Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office, where he is likely to ascertain whether the time is right to remove further economic sanction on Myanmar leaders to help boost economic development in the country.

08 Sep 2016

PM Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks with Suu Kyi

PM Narendra Modi also held bilateral talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

06 May 2016

Myanmar leader Suu Kyi makes first official trip, to Laos

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader and foreign minister, visited neighboring Laos on Friday in her first official trip abroad.

09 Apr 2016

Myanmar drops charges against nearly 200 political activists: Police

The cases were dismissed on Friday following Suu Kyi's announcement that she was working with the administration to secure the release of political prisoners.

16 Mar 2016

Myanmar army chief endorses election of Suu Kyi's president

Myanmar`s powerful army chief congratulated incoming president Htin Kyaw and pledged cooperation on Wednesday, after the ally of Aung San Suu Kyi was elected as the country`s first head of state with no military background in decades.

04 Mar 2016

Myanmar govt, Suu Kyi party tussle over handover ceremony

The President sought to appear magnanimous in defeat in November, but there have been recent signs of tensions with a new NLD-led parliament that took its seats in February.

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