Elections, Aung San Suu Kyi | featured news

Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory Monday in Myanmar's historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a new era for the long-repressed country....

Myanmar held a landmark election Sunday that was expected to send democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament for her first public office since launching her decades-long struggle against the military-dominated government.

By entering Burmese politics, Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate, is increasingly being asked to propose solutions to her country’s woes rather than merely lamenting them.

A Burmese court rejects the latest appeal by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an extended detention.

Myanmar's ruling junta released the deputy leader of the country's pro-democracy party from nearly seven years in detention, but offered no indication that he or still-detained party leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be allowed to take part in this year's elections.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be freed when her house arrest ends in November, according to a government minister quoted by witnesses on Monday, but critics said that may be too late for this year's elections.