Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four years ago, the former British colony wedged between India and China promised so much. A half-century of military rule had ...

Myanmar has opened its first parliamentary session in more than five years following an election that did not include major opposition parties, ensuring that the ruling military is set to retain a ...

Myanmar’s military leader on Monday pardoned more than 10,000 prisoners in a mass amnesty ahead of parliament’s reopening, though there was no indication that Aung San Suu Kyi was among them. The ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A second attempt to auction the family home of Myanmar's imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi failed on Thursday after no bidders showed up, likely deterred by the ...

The son of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has pleaded for her release from prison amid fears for the 79-year-old’s health in the country’s “terrible” prisons. Kim Aris told The Independent his ...

A raft of political prisoners were freed after being convicted under the scattergun law of “harboring or financing” terrorists, but senior democratic figures remain in jail.

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Father: Aung San, commander of the Burma Independence Army. Helped negotiate Burma’s independence ...

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, ...

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A renewed attempt to auction off the family home of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unsuccessful Wednesday as the prospect of paying tens of millions of ...

An eight-city U.S. tour by the son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will include Fort Wayne, according to local natives of the Southeast Asia country. Ko Htein Lin, also known as Kim Aris, ...

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 ...