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.

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 ...

US quietly lifts sanctions on Myanmar junta allies after general hails Trump as ‘true patriot’ - Decision comes after junta ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...