Bianca Jagger, Wild Swans author Jung Chang and former minister Andrew Mitchell join calls for the release of the Myanmar leader following the screening of a new Independent TV film on her life

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 joint project is a priority for China, while Ms Suu ...

This video grab shows Kim Aris displaying an old family photo of his mother, Myanmar's ousted and detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Sept. 13 ...

The ceasefire between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which seized large tracts of territory along the border with China, is the second such pact in little over a year and came into effect on Saturday. A previous pact in January last year was not honored by either side.

The Burma Campaign UK rights group has calculated that the Nobel laureate has spent 19 years in captivity since 1989 as her 80th birthday looms.

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

The Independent has been hailed for shining a light on the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi by a brutal military regime in Myanmar. Human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger and Wild Swans ...

Myanmar has been in turmoil since 2021 when its military overthrew the government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

MYANMAR’S military government and a major ethnic rebel group in the north-east have signed a formal ceasefire agreement, mediator China said today. The ceasefire between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which seized large tracts of territory along the Chinese border, came into force on Saturday.

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army MNDAA signed a formal ceasefire agreement which came into effect on Saturday halting

While committed to regional issues, Malaysia is tempering expectations for immediate solutions, acknowledging the complexity of both crises.

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity."