The son of Myanmar's detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi has raised urgent concerns about his mother's health and safety in a video message on social media, calling for her immediate release. Kim Aris ...

Aung San Suu Kyi found meditation difficult at first, she acknowledged. It wasn’t until her first period of house arrest, between 1989 and 1995, she said, that “I gained control of my thoughts” and ...

Four young men file into a conference room in downtown Rangoon, dressed in 1940s military uniform, and stand in front of a panel of Burma’s top cultural figures. Some of the panel members have ...

Aung San Suu Kyi is sick. Reliable sources report that Myanmar’s former state counsellor, 80, has a heart condition that is worsening. She has asked to see a cardiologist, a request that has so far ...

The Independent’s Aung San Suu Kyi documentary has received the “Outstanding Excellence” award at an international film festival. Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi looks at the life of ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For much of his life, Kim Aris, 48, the younger son of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, stayed out of the ...

As of Wednesday the Burmese democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi will have spent a total of 20 years in detention in Myanmar, five of them since her government was overthrown by a military coup in ...

Over the past week, Aung San Suu Kyi has been on a global tour, finally accepting the accolades she won but was unable to receive in person, meeting with longtime supporters in Europe, and giving what ...