Intelligence Briefing

Updated Timeline: Key Events in the Life of Myanmar’s Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi turns 80 on June 19, marking her fifth consecutive birthday in detention since her arrest by junta boss Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 military coup.

Leon de Riedmatten (left) who previously worked with Geneva-based Humanitarian Dialogue Centre met Suu Kyi at her house on 19 June 2001 when she was quietly celebrating her 56th birthday. He was the only person who was allowed to meet Suu Kyi who was under house arrest. “I went there with cake,” he said. De Riedmatten, who worked with then UN Special Envoy Razali Ismail, believed that Suu Kyi remained a beacon of hope in Burma and he thinks she represents the international democratic struggle.

Housekeeper Recalls Swimmer who Surprised Suu Kyi’s House­

RANGOON — It was around 5am, just after her time to wake up, when Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was alerted by her aides that they had an urgent situation in the house.

Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘Suu Kyi Is Having to Make a lot of Compromises’

Aung Zaw: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the challenges that await Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy [NLD] government.

Myanmar Regime Up to Its Old Tricks, Playing the Suu Kyi Card

Beware! Myanmar’s generals are up to their old tricks. In fact they’ve dusted off an old favorite: playing the Daw Aung San Suu Kyi card. So don’t be fooled.

From Icon to Politician: As Myanmar Changes, so Does Suu Kyi

NAYPYIDAW — When Aung San Suu Kyi spoke warmly on a recent radio show about a critical meeting that followed her landslide election victory, she was referring to talks with the very man who had detained her for 15 years.

Myanmar Junta Violating Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s Rights by Holding Her in Secret Location: Legal Experts

Even she herself has no idea where she is being detained. It has been more than seven months since the regime placed Myanmar’s popular leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest following February’s coup against the country’s democratically elect

NLD states Myanmar’s political issues cannot be resolved without Aung San Suu Kyi’s involvement

Mizzima The National League for Democracy (NLD) released a statement to commemorate its 36th anniversary on 27 September, affirming that the resolution of Myanmar’s current challenges is impossible without the involvement of Aung San Suu Kyi, the NLD

Myanmar coup, from Feb. 20 to March 18: UN team urges whistleblowers to report illegal orders

YANGON/BANGKOK -- On Feb. 1, Myanmar's military detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the country's first coup since 1988, bringing an end to a decade of civilian rule.

Suu Kyi, Singapore and the Ties That Bind

Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime minister who oversaw the city-state’s rapid rise, died on Monday aged 91. In this article from The Irrawaddy archive from Sept.