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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping at president house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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In this Jan. 17, 2020, photo provided by Myanmar News Agency (MNA), Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, Myanmar President Win Myint, center, and Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ri...

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, during their meeting at the President House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi walks to her seat after posing for a group photo during ASEAN-China summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, fourth left, laughs as he poses for a group photo with The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders, from left, Myanmar leader Aung San ...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, poses for a group photo with The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders, from left, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, M...

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the Imperial Palace for the court banquet after the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center top, arrives on a plane at the special plane terminal of the Beijing International airport ahead of the Belt and Road Forum held in Beijin...

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President Ram Nath Kovind with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi at a meeting in Nay Pyi Taw.

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi listens to speeches during the ASEAN Plus China Summit in the ongoing 33rd ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Singapore.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, shakes hands with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi prior to the Japan-Mekong Summit Meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest ...

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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, second right, Myanmar first lady Su Su Lwin, second left, Khan Thet Htay, right, wife of Myanmar Vice President Myint Swe, and Shwe Lwan, wife of...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, welcomes Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi during Republic Day parade in New Delhi.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

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2018: ASEAN Leaders

There have been years when the R-Day ceremony has had two chief guests—like in 1968, when Soviet leader Alexei Kosygin and Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito attended. But this is t...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi before a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

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Pope Francis meets with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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Pope Francis meets Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the International Convention Centre of Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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Pope Francis shakes hands with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

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'Violates International Human Rights Law': UN On Myanmar's Treatment Of Rohingya

The UNGA resolution calls on Myanmar to take urgent measures to combat incitement of hatred against the Rohingya and other minorities.

Dec 28, 2019

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Aung San Suu Kyi Arrives At ICJ To Defend Myanmar Against Genocide Charges

The Gambia asked the UN's top court Tuesday to order Myanmar to 'stop this genocide' of the Rohingya Muslim minority

Dec 10, 2019

| AFP
Aung San Suu Kyi Is 'Terribly Misguided And Misinformed' On Rohingya Crisis: UN Rights Investigator

Yanghee Lee, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights to Myanmar, said Suu Kyi was 'terribly misguided and misinformed' about the abuses against the stateless Muslim minority in her country.

Sep 03, 2019

| AFP
With Elections A Year Away, Will Myanmar Army Allow Suu Kyi To Reform Constitution?

The ruling NLD has moved a proposal in Myanmar parliament to form a committee to look into changes in the Constitution which it feels is "not in line with the democratic system”. But the powerful military may resist any such move.

Feb 04, 2019

| Subir Bhaumik
Amnesty International Strips Aung San Suu Kyi Of 'Ambassador Of Conscience' Title

The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009 while she was still under house arrest.

Nov 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Myanmar Swears In Suu Kyi Loyalist As New President

Sixty-six-year-old Win Myint took his oath of office today during a joint session of Parliament, pledging loyalty "to the people and the republic of the Union of Myanmar."

Mar 30, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
US Holocaust Memorial Museum Rescind Aung San Suu Kyi's Award

Lack of action by Aung San Suu Kyi, against the genocide committed by the military against the Rohingya community, was the primary reason behind them stripping her of the award.

Mar 08, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Petrol Bomb Thrown At Suu Kyi's Lakeside Villa, Says Myanmar Government

Feb 01, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Myanmar Army's Admission of Killings A 'Positive Step', Says Aung San Suu Kyi

Some 655,000 Rohingya have fled western Rakhine state to Bangladesh since August

Jan 13, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
First Time, Myanmar Army Admit Killing Rohingyas And Confirm Existence Of Mass Grave

Jan 11, 2018

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The Subcontinental Menu

In this week's The Subcontinental Menu, read about why a 15-year-old boy in Assam was forced to marry a 60-year-old woman and how you can be a billionaire, yet poor in Pakistan.

Nov 08, 2018

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The Lady Doth Not Protest

As Rohingyas flee their burning homes, Aung San Suu Kyi’s credibility takes a hit. Yet, her situation is a complex one.

Sep 21, 2017

| Pranay Sharma
A Free Vote For The Lady Of Liberty?

This year we see Myanmar going to the polls in a fierce battle to decide the country’s fragile future

Nov 16, 2015

| Larry Jagan
‘Our People Won’t Be Hostage To The Past’

Myanmar's democracy movement leader and Nobel Laureate on India, China, democracy, Rohingyas and much else

Nov 26, 2012

| Pranay Sharma
Myanmar Diary

Democracy tourism has come to Myanmar. Most Yangon hotels had signs offering a day trip to watch Suu Kyi vote

Apr 23, 2012

| Sreenivasan Jain
Bullock-Cart Burma

The altered political scene in Naypyidaw will force India to do that much more to engage Myanmar

Apr 16, 2012

| Pranay Sharma
As The Temple Bells Beckon

India-Myanmar ties, once so close, are at last on the brink of a belated revival

Apr 16, 2012

| Outlook
A Girl Named Suu

Malavika Karlekar remembers ‘The Lady’ she knew

Apr 16, 2012

| Malavika Karlekar
Daw Of Democracy

Burma sees a whole future through a tiny window of freedom

Apr 16, 2012

| Bharat Bhushan
Passion Is Only Half Of Politics

Expectations for democratic change, in the Arab world and elsewhere, run high. But there is no guarantee.

Jan 02, 2012

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