Bianca Jagger, Wild Swans author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar ...

Myanmar’s democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, will turn 80 next summer amid growing concerns about her deteriorating health. Unless there is a significant political change in her country, she ...

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CHINA: Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi met Prime Minister Li Keqiang yesterday on a five-day visit to build ties with Beijing. Resuming work on the £2.7 billion Myitsone hydroelectric dam ...

A protester holds up a poster featuring Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in front of the ...

China says it has brokered a ceasefire between Myanmar’s military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the country’s ...

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The peace deal comes into effect on the weekend but experts aren't convinced it will lead to hostilities easing across the ...

The Burma Campaign UK rights group has calculated that the Nobel laureate has spent 19 years in captivity since 1989 as her ...

MYANMAR’S military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the north-east have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, ...

The release of Aung San Suu Kyi and around 20,000 fellow political prisoners will be the most crucial step towards ending the conflict in Myanmar, the country’s government-in-exile has said.