In the autumn of 2013, I boarded a plane at Yangon airport, leaving Myanmar after four years as the UK’s ambassador. Just before setting off for my flight, I made my final official call. It was with ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate release of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi after learning of her worsening health problems in military custody. Mr Macron wrote to ...

Pope Francis insisted Tuesday that Myanmar's future depends on respecting the rights of each ethnic group, an indirect show of support for Rohingya Muslims who have been subject to decades of ...

Aung San Suu Kyi goes for the “fake news” defense in Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis Some 123,000 ethnic Rohingya are believed to have fled Myanmar (formerly Burma) since August 25 as their villages have ...

The Independent’s Aung San Suu Kyi documentary has received the “Outstanding Excellence” award at an international film festival. Cancelled: The Rise and Fall of Aung San Suu Kyi looks at the life of ...

YANGON, Myanmar — The sole witness allowed for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi insisted Thursday that she had broken no law as a Myanmar court heard final testimony before closing arguments in a ...

Kim Aris, a carpenter, father of two, and the youngest son of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, stands before a portrait of his mother. Kim Aris, a carpenter, father of two, and the youngest son of ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the immediate release of former Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi after learning of her worsening health problems in military custody. Mr Macron wrote to ...