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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. [1]
The Myanmar junta barred jailed popular leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from attending Wednesday’s commemoration of Martyrs’ Day, which honors of her father—assassinated independence hero General Aung San—and his slain colleagues, while continuing to den... [2]
U Tin Oo, one of the most venerated members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and a former commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Army, died on Saturday. He was 97. [3]
From the tragic death of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni to the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history, an H1N1 outbreak, and the latest deadly attacks in Rakhine State, 2017 has been a troubled year for Myanmar. [4]
RANGOON— Burma’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence on the assassination of National League for Democracy (NLD) party legal advisor U Ko Ni, calling him a “comrade” of hers and said that losing him was a “deep loss” for the party.... [5]
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.
The Myanmar junta barred jailed popular leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from attending Wednesday’s commemoration of Martyrs’ Day, which honors of her father—assassinated independence hero General Aung San—and his slain colleagues, while continuing to den
U Tin Oo, one of the most venerated members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and a former commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Army, died on Saturday. He was 97.
From the tragic death of prominent lawyer U Ko Ni to the worst disaster in the country’s aviation history, an H1N1 outbreak, and the latest deadly attacks in Rakhine State, 2017 has been a troubled year for Myanmar.
RANGOON— Burma’s State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence on the assassination of National League for Democracy (NLD) party legal advisor U Ko Ni, calling him a “comrade” of hers and said that losing him was a “deep loss” for the party.
Renowned Myanmar architect U Bo Gyi, who designed the mausoleum for Daw Khin Kyi, the wife of independence hero General Aung San and the mother of detained State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, passed away of old age at 89 in Yangon on July 27.
Mizzima Ousted State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the martyred General Aung San, was prohibited from attending the 77th Martyrs’ Day ceremony held at the Martyrs’ mausoleum in Bahan township, Yangon on 19 July.
The Myanmar military’s propaganda channels on Telegram have been busy inciting the surveillance and arrest of people planning to hold a flower strike and wear blue shirts to commemorate detained democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday o
In this special edition, The Irrawaddy looks at the individuals who most influenced the news headlines both locally and internationally throughout the year — from the Rakhine conflict to the murder of prominent Muslim lawyer U Ko Ni to the journalist
Amid heavy military defeats in Rakhine State, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing reshuffled his regime on Wednesday, replacing General Tin Aung San with General Maung Maung Aye as the defense minister.