To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

Once a global icon of democracy, her plight now draws diminishing international outrage. Yet even as the West looks away, ...

Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Personal Birth date: June 19, 1945 Birth place: Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar) Birth name: Aung San ...

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence ...

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son aims for world record 80,000 messages to honour her 80th birthday - The pro-democracy Nobel Peace ...

Lin Latt Shwe, 6, was detained along with her mother and other suspects in the killing of retired general in Yangon.

What is taking place inside Myanmar is a humanitarian disaster, but it matters for another, more abstract reason, too.

Security forces in military-ruled Myanmar have arrested a six-year-old girl along with 15 other people suspected of ...

Why are the British courts handing a propaganda win to the Myanmar junta? - COMMENT: The British legal system is being used ...

A six-year-old girl and a teenage boy were among 16 people arrested and labelled as "terrorists" in connection to the ...

New report details harrowing plight of tens of thousands of political prisoners, including the country’s democratically ...

Burmese resistance forces captured five army bases as clashes continued near the Thai border. Footage shows Karen National ...