The Latest Breaking News from Suu Kyi

Myanmar’s military issues rare response after Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, raises alarm over her condition

Kim Aris says no one has heard from his 80-year-old mother, who has been suffering an array of health issues in her old age, for two years

COMMENT: The political prisoner’s faltering health is the first news out of Myanmar about her in years – and the West must pay attention, writes Peter Popham

Exclusive: 80-year-old former leader of Myanmar faces ‘life-threatening’ conditions in prison

Critics see plan as attempt to legitimise and maintain military rule

Myanmar’s military-appointed election commission has announced that elections will begin on Dec. 28

COMMENT: By commemorating the ‘8888’ uprising of August 8 1988 – when Myanmar’s military regime turned its guns on thousands of peaceful protesters – we not only mark the past, but cast new light on the country’s decades-long struggle for freedom, says Benedict Rogers

The military imposed emergency rule and created new administrative structures after it ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.

The country’s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, was absent from the event for a fifth consecutive year since her arrest in February 2021 following a coup d'état.