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Myanmar junta says Aung San Suu Kyi ‘in good health’ after son raises alarm

Myanmar’s junta said on Tuesday that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told Reuters he has received little information about the 80-year-old’s condition ... Read More

Myanmar's Junta and the Mystery of Aung San Suu Kyi's Well-being

Myanmar's junta claims Aung San Suu Kyi, the detained former leader, is in good health. Her son, Kim Aris, has voiced fears over her wellbeing due to a lack of contact. Suu Kyi, imprisoned since a ... Read More

Myanmar’s military junta holds elections as civil war sparked by coup still rages

Polls opened in Myanmar on Sunday kick-starting a controversial election the military junta says will return democratic rule, nearly five years after it seized power from an elected government, ... Read More

Suu Kyi’s son calls on Myanmar junta to provide proof she is alive

Aung San Suu Kyi’s son challenged Myanmar’s junta to provide proof of his mother’s wellbeing after the military claimed the imprisoned former leader was in good health despite not being seen or heard ... Read More

Polls open for Myanmar’s first election since military seized power

Voters in Myanmar are participating in the first phase of the country’s general election, held under military rule amid a civil war. Read More

Myanmar’s Election Is Derided as Fake, but the Nation’s Suffering Is All Too Real

A coup set off a brutal civil war and made a poor country poorer. Now its military rulers are seeking a veneer of legitimacy by holding elections. Read More

Exclusive: 'For all I know, she could be dead' says son of Myanmar's Suu Kyi

With her health failing and an information vacuum around Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her son worries that he may not even know if she passed away. Read More

Myanmar Junta Denies Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Is Dead – Without Offering Proof

Concern grows for 80‑year‑old Nobel laureate after her son raised fears following over two years without contact. Read More

In Myanmar’s Election, ‘Voting Out of Fear, Not Hope’

The voting for Parliament is almost sure to favor the ruling military junta, which is stage-managing the polls. Still, some see them as the most pragmatic way to try to improve conditions. Read More

Myanmar junta holds 'heavily restricted' elections after five years of civil war

Voting began Sunday in Myanmar’s heavily restricted polls, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government, triggering civil ... Read More

Myanmar junta says Suu Kyi ‘in good health’ after son raises alarm

Myanmar’s junta said on Tuesday that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “in good health,” a day after her son told Reuters he has received little information about the 80-year-old’s condition ... Read More