Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's powerful army picks lawmakers as transition moves forward

Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing has nominated military officers to their posts in Parliament.

Jan 19, 2016, 13:39 PM IST

Myanmar peace talks get a boost as Suu Kyi's attends

Suu Kyi has already shown she is willing to do business with former foes.

Jan 13, 2016, 10:56 AM IST

Suu Kyi takes part in talks to boost Myanmar ceasefire

Aung San Suu Kyi has for the first time participated in official talks to bring peace with the country's fractious ethnic minorities.

Jan 12, 2016, 15:43 PM IST

Suu Kyi vows to lead Myanmar peace efforts

Aung San Suu Kyi promised on Tuesday to use her party`s popular mandate to drive Myanmar`s peace process as she outlined a vision of a federal future to ethnic rebels who have battled for decades.

Jan 12, 2016, 14:08 PM IST

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sends new MPs to Parliament school

Aung San Suu Kyi is sending her newly-elected MPs on a crash course on Myanmar's Parliament as they prepare to take their seats for the first time early next year, her party said on Thursday.

Dec 17, 2015, 16:23 PM IST

Myanmar president meets Aung San Suu Kyi for dialogue

The dialogue is on Myanmar`s post-election government transition matters,

Dec 02, 2015, 12:21 PM IST

Myanmar`s top leaders to hold talks with Suu Kyi

Suu Kyi has requested "national reconciliation" discussions with the President. 

Nov 30, 2015, 13:06 PM IST

Suu Kyi lays down law on party discipline to new Myanmar MPs

Aung San Suu Kyi has warned newly minted MPs she will not tolerate poor discipline or wrongdoing, party members said Saturday, as Myanmar`s democracy champion began marshalling her opposition for government amid sky-high expectations.

Nov 28, 2015, 14:54 PM IST

Fresh fighting in Myanmar's north despite historic poll

Fresh fighting has broken out between the military and rebel groups in Myanmar's north.

Nov 18, 2015, 19:57 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD wins 77.3 percent seats in Myanmar elections

Myanmar's opposition party National League for Democracy has won 880 parliamentary seats out of a total of 1,139 in the elections.

Nov 16, 2015, 09:37 AM IST

Myanmar president 'will hand power' to Suu Kyi after poll win

Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Sunday said historic polls won in a thumping landslide by Aung San Suu Kyi's party were the consequence of his government's reforms and vowed a smooth transition of power.

Nov 15, 2015, 12:56 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi’s party wins historic Myanmar elections

Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition on Friday won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the Army.

Nov 13, 2015, 13:01 PM IST

UN chief congratulates Suu Kyi, warns of hard work ahead

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday on her party's election performance, but warned that "much hard work" lay ahead to build democracy.

Nov 13, 2015, 07:16 AM IST

Obama congratulates Suu Kyi on election win

US President Barack Obama has congratulated Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on her election win, the White House said on Thursday.

Nov 13, 2015, 00:57 AM IST

Suu Kyi's party on verge of landslide win in Myanmar polls

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party was on the verge of a formal victory on Thursday, as incoming results from Myanmar's historic polls pointed to a landslide win for the pro-democracy crusader and a resounding rejection of military rule.

Nov 12, 2015, 14:30 PM IST

Myanmar opposition secures 536 parliamentary seats

Myanmar's opposition party, Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), has so far secured 536 parliamentary seats in the country's general election.

Nov 12, 2015, 12:41 PM IST

Myanmar's President pledges peaceful power shift

Myanmar's President has joined the Army Chief in congratulating Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition after it swept national elections, and promised a smooth transition of power.

Nov 12, 2015, 10:58 AM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi has won, says Myanmar poll panel

Myanmar's apex poll panel on Wednesday said that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has won Sunday's general election.

Nov 11, 2015, 14:45 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi holds her seat in Myanmar election

Suu Kyi's NLD looks set for a landslide win after Sunday's nationwide polls, winning nearly 90 percent of the seats declared so far in the upper and lower houses of Parliament.

Nov 11, 2015, 13:15 PM IST

Myanmar's election process transparent: EU mission

Myanmar's general election was credible and transparent, and the process was better than expected, head of an EU Election Observation Mission said on Tuesday.

Nov 10, 2015, 17:13 PM IST