How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’
Rohingya Muslims tell of their changing view of Aung San Suu Kyi, seeing her as one of their own – a victim of the military – as she languishes in solitary confinement. Shweta Sharma reports from Cox’ ...
How the Myanmar earthquake could hasten the release of Aung San Suu Kyi
The devastating quake whose death toll has surpassed 1,600 coincided with a parade to celebrate the military junta – a ...
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Aung San Suu Kyi's son coming to Fort Wayne as part of US tour to raise funds, awareness
An eight-city U.S. tour by the son of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will include Fort Wayne, according to local ...
Myanmar military chief reaffirms election plans and calls for opposition to join politics
Myanmar’s military chief used a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day celebration to reaffirm plans to hold a general ...
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Son of ousted Myanmar leader speaks to NPR about her imprisonment
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he's ...
Head of Myanmar’s military government visits Thailand in rare overseas trip
The head of Myanmar’s military government arrived in Thailand in a rare international trip as his country recovers from a ...
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How Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees feel about Aung San Suu Kyi: ‘She was a rag doll who never had absolute power’
Sitting in a dimly-lit bamboo shelter in the world’s largest refugee camp, Rohingya Muslims like Azizur Rehman could be forgiven for hating Aung San Suu Kyi. Five years ago, the then-leader of ...
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Fort Wayne event raises $20,000 for humanitarian efforts in Myanmar
who helped organize the Fort Wayne visit by the son of Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, said the amount was at least twice as much as he had expected. Kim Aris is on an eight city ...
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Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing commits to hold elections by year's end
Myanmar's military chief has used a speech at the annual Armed Forces Day to reaffirm plans to hold a general election by the end of the year and call on opposition groups fighting the army to ...
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Even as the earthquake death toll rose in Myanmar, the junta’s bombs kept falling
Sean Turnell, a Sydney academic who served as an economic adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, said bombing in the country’s four-year civil war had struck Karen state after the quake ...