Suu Kyi thanks supporters after historic presidential election
Myanmar`s Aung San Suu Kyi thanked her supporters Wednesday and sounded a hopeful note for the future, in her first comments after lawmakers approved her chosen proxy to become the nation`s first civilian president in decades.
Mar 16, 2016, 16:13 PM IST
Historic vote gives Myanmar first civilian President in decades
Myanmar is undergoing a dramatic transformation from an isolated and repressed pariah state to a rapidly opening aspiring democracy.
Mar 15, 2016, 23:43 PM IST
Myanmar Parliament holds historic presidential election
Myanmar is in the grip of a stunning transformation from an isolated and repressed pariah state to a rapidly opening aspiring democracy.
Mar 15, 2016, 11:03 AM IST
Myanmar parliament to hold historic presidential vote Tuesday
Myanmar`s parliament will hold a historic presidential vote Tuesday expected to confirm that a trusted confidant and anointed proxy of Aung San Suu Kyi will be the former junta-run nation`s first civilian leader in decades.
Mar 15, 2016, 03:06 AM IST
Suu Kyi loyalist confirmed for Myanmar presidential race
A third candidate will be put forward by the military bloc, which has a constitutionally mandated 25 per cent of reserved seats in parliament.
Mar 11, 2016, 12:51 PM IST
What now for Myanmar`s Suu Kyi and her presidential proxy?
Htin Kyaw will act as a proxy for Aung San Suu Kyi who is barred from the presidency by the military-drafted constitution.
Mar 10, 2016, 12:51 PM IST
Aung San Suu Kyi`s former driver nominated for Myanmar president
Aung San Suu Kyi has vowed to rule through a proxy president because she is barred from top office by the Army-scripted Constitution.
Mar 10, 2016, 09:36 AM IST
Suu Kyi party mulling Myanmar China dam rethink
Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) have offered few policy details, beyond a broad manifesto.
Mar 09, 2016, 17:28 PM IST
Suu Kyi party rebuts `fake` Myanmar president release
Suu Kyi, 70, has vowed to rule "above" whoever the next president is, meaning that the role would have to go to someone whose absolute loyalty was assured.
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.
Mar 04, 2016, 20:17 PM IST
Myanmar's Suu Kyi names former general to head key advisory panel
Shwe Mann, the No.3 in the junta that ran Myanmar for half a century before giving way to a semi-civilian government in 2011, grew closer to Suu Kyi in the legislature`s last term.
Feb 05, 2016, 15:04 PM IST
Suu Kyi urges patience over Myanmar presidency decision
Aung San Suu Kyi tried on Wednesday to calm nerves over Myanmar's tense political
Feb 03, 2016, 20:55 PM IST
Myanmar's newly-elected house starts first session
Myanmar`s newly-elected parliamentary House of Nationalities (Upper House) started its first session here on Wednesday as part of the new parliament`s new session after the expiry of the previous term of the legislative body.
Feb 03, 2016, 11:49 AM IST
New era dawns as Suu Kyi`s party strides into Myanmar parliament
Myanmar entered a new political era Monday as Aung San Suu Kyi`s pro-democracy MPs took their seats in parliament, bearing the hopes of a nation subjugated for decades by the military.
Feb 01, 2016, 17:15 PM IST
Curtain falls on Myanmar`s army-led Parliament
Myanmar`s military-stacked parliament began its last session Friday as Aung San Suu Kyi`s pro-democracy party prepared for a dramatic power transfer that will loosen the army`s 50-year clasp on the country.
Jan 29, 2016, 11:20 AM IST
Myanmar to release political prisoners before power transfer
Myanmar`s outgoing administration of President Thein Sein will free about 15 political prisoners on Friday, and may release scores more, an official from the President`s Office and activists from Assistance Association for Political Prisoners told Reuters.
Jan 22, 2016, 09:07 AM IST
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
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
