Aung San Suu Kyi
Charity leader could become Myanmar’s next president
A close aide of Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is very high on the list of proposed presidents for the country after...
Ethnic clashes: Thousands flee northern Myanmar state
More than 3,000 people fled their homes in northern Myanmar after new clashes between two ethnic rebel groups erupted, the United Nations said on...
Historic day for Myanmar as new parliament convenes
The first session of Myanmar’s newly elected parliament kicked off on February 1. For the first time in more than 50 years of democratic...
Myanmar’s new parliament to start sessions on February 1
Myanmar’s newly-elect parliament will convene on February 1, Shwe Mann, speaker of the House of Representatives, or lower house, said, ushering in a new...
Myanmar farmers point at ‘positive effects’ of growing poppy – for them
In what can be seen as a quite one-sided approach, Myanmar's opium farmers in a joint statement said that they don't want to be...
ASEAN students discuss Myanmar’s future role
In light of Myanmar's recent historic elections, the newly formed London School of Economics Student's Union (LSESU) ASEAN Society screened the movie "The Lady"...
Suu Kyi can choose new Myanmar president
Leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi has won an outright majority in Myanmar's parliament in the November 8...
Now Suu Kyi must live up to her promises
The landslide victory of the National League for Democracy of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi brought the party 163 out of 182...
Myanmar’s ruling party: “We have to find out why we lost”
Vote counting in Myanmar is still ongoing and complete results are not expected until tonight, but one thing is clear: Aung San Suu Kyi's...
New path ahead as Myanmar goes to the polls in 80%-turnout
Polls are open in Myanmar today in elections that will test the military's longstanding grip on power. It's the first election contested by the...
Myanmar releases final list of election candidates
A total of 6,074 qualified candidates will run in the upcoming November 8 general election in 1,171 constituencies nationwide in Myanmar, the country's Union...
Aung San Suu Kyi works towards alliance with Shwe Mann
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi announced that she wants to form an alliance with Shwe Mann, the recently ousted chairman of the...
Tensions mount ahead of Myanmar elections after dismissal of ruling party chief
Myanmar's powerful ruling party chief and reformist Shwe Mann, who just a few weeks ago registered as candidate for the November 8 elections, has...
Tough race expected in Myanmar elections
After Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's registration to run for Myanmar's general election on November 8, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development...
US takes steps to clear Myanmar company blacklist
The US has been telling Myanmar companies it once designated as cronies of Myanmar’s former military junta that now may be the time to...
Record growth for Myanmar hotels in 2014 expected
The thriving hotel market in Myanmar's economic capital Yangon is set for another year of record growth in 2014, according to property research firm...
Investors in Myanmar scared off by Buddhist nationalists
Myanmar's rising Buddhist nationalism is taking an economic turn. Qatar's Ooredoo, which is scheduled to launch its mobile-phone service in Myanmar this July, has...
Suu Kyi’s party to run in Myanmar elections
The party of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has declared that it will take part in 2015 parliamentary elections even if the...
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Cambodia in a first for Southeast Asia’s developing countries will introduce a pilot scheme to add financial literacy into school curricula, the Phnom Penh...
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