‘The fact that there are 135 national races living in Myanmar…is a hindrance to the ... which was agreed upon between independence hero Aung San and the leaders of the ethnic minorities ...

Suu Kyi, the daughter of Myanmar's martyred independence hero Gen. Aung San ... and won her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize. Her National League for Democracy party initially came to power after ...

BANGKOK — Supporters of Myanmar’s imprisoned ousted leader ... s oppression without yielding,” referencing one of their hero’s nicknames and adopting the sobriquet for themselves.

Two developments in particular have triggered Beijing: new U.S. legislation on Myanmar and last year’s decision by the National Unity Government to open an office in Washington. In truth, neither step ...

He said his mother — Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader ... the revered independence hero General Aung San, in July 1947. Khin Kyi's passing in December 1988 — shortly after a failed ...

Publishing preliminary results in January, Myanmar’s Ministry of Immigration and Population said the census represents the military government’s “commitment to national reconciliation”.

“The damage to religious sites exacerbates the vulnerability already felt by communities,” explains Maitrii Aung-Thwin, associate professor of Myanmar and Southeast Asian History at National ...