A newfound optimism has infected much of Burma. The government has relaxed controls and might even make room for pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi in the cabinet ...

The head of Myanmar’s military government made a rare appearance at a ceremony on Saturday honoring General Aung San, an ...

While Aung San Suu Kyi was at the center of the democratic reform movement that began in 2011, she is no longer the lone standard-bearer for it, experts say. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV.

Marking one year since military's bloody takeover of Myanmar 02:27. Bangkok — A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced ...

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in ...

Lam Yik Fei—Getty Images The media prepares as Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma's National League for Democracy party, arrives at a polling station in Yangon, on Nov. 8, 2015.

Perhaps more puzzling is why Aung San Suu Kyi elicits such anger and hatred from these omnipotent kleptocrats. They hold all the riches and power in this lush tropical country—rubies, jade, teak ...

Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the polling station to cast her vote during Myanmar's first free election in a quarter-century in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 8, 2015 Lam Yik Fei—Getty Images ...

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi told a court Tuesday she didn't think she was violating the terms of her house arrest when she gave "temporary shelter" to a surprise American ...

The case centred on allegations that Aung San Suu Kyi, 76, accepted 11.4 kg (402 oz) of gold and cash payments totalling $600,000 from her protege-turned-accuser, former Yangon chief minister Phyo ...

Aung San Suu Kyi and her party are on the brink of a new era of democracy. Her father, Aung San, became known as the founding father of independent Burma.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyer, Khin Maung Zaw, for an update on the trial of Myanmar's leader. She was deposed after a military coup.