aung san suu kyi



STORY OF THE DAY • Nov 09, 2020 • 4 min read

Myanmar elections Suu Kyi forecast to triumph in virus-hit Myanmar election

By Richard Sargent/Su Myat Mon • Nov 09, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party are expected to retain power in Myanmar, as voting closed and counting continued late into the night in a general election mired in criticisms of racial apartheid and discrimination

STORY OF THE DAY • Sep 21, 2020 • 5 min read

Myanmar elections Ousted and outspoken: The lady taking on The Lady in Myanmar

By Richard Sargent/AFP • Sep 21, 2020
Booted from Aung San Suu Kyi's "chaotic and autocratic" party, female MP Thet Thet Khine is now taking on Myanmar's national heroine in the upcoming election, claiming the country needs to work with, not against, a military accused of genocide

STORY OF THE DAY • Jul 27, 2020 • 6 min read

Myanmar elections Aung San Suu Kyi’s NLD campaign in the shadow of jade tragedy

By Robert Bociaga • Jul 27, 2020
With Myanmar set to head to the polls in November, a deadly jade mine disaster in Kachin State earlier this month could provide a further blow to the popularity of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in ethnic minority areas

Jul 20, 2020 • 9 min read
Myanmar democracy

A look ahead to Myanmar GE 2020: Ethnic parties and storms of discontent

With the Myanmar General Election slated for November, five years of stalled peace negotiations, broken promises and stunted economic prosperity for ethnic minority groups may prove the undoing of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party
By Mary Banfield and Morris Averill • Jul 20, 2020

Jul 15, 2020 • 7 min read

How to advance US-Myanmar relations? Go after the low-hanging fruit

With US-Myanmar relations at a low ebb on several fronts, not least the Rohingya issue, observers on both sides of the negotiating table have identified pieces of low-hanging diplomatic fruit that could get the two nations back on track
By Bilal Hyder • Jul 15, 2020

Jun 19, 2020 • 12 min read
Myanmar politics

Q&A: The tragic character arc of Aung San Suu Kyi

2011 biopic The Lady depicts an Aung San Suu Kyi fighting for democracy, painting a very different picture to the one we know today. The Globe spoke with the film’s screenwriter, Rebecca Frayn, to better understand the former democracy icon's tragic character arc
By Alexi Demetriadi • Jun 19, 2020

Mar 24, 2020 • 3 min read
COVID-19

Myanmar confirms first coronavirus cases

After weeks of claiming to have zero cases despite its 2,100-kilometre border with China, Myanmar has finally confirmed its first COVID-19 cases
By Sun Myat Mon and Richard Sargent • Mar 24, 2020

Mar 13, 2020 • 12 min read
Rohingya crisis

The power of the persecuted

Young Canada-based Rohingya activist Yasmin Ullah has helped take the plight of the persecuted ethnic minority group in Myanmar to the world’s largest court, yet her fight for justice has only just begun
By Miriam Deprez • Mar 13, 2020

Feb 20, 2020 • 9 min read
Burmese art

A light in the darkness

Maung spent his childhood in the midst of civil war in eastern Myanmar. Now a migrant in Thailand, he uses art to soothe painful memories and shine a light on the ongoing suffering of his people
By Zachary Frye • Feb 20, 2020

Dec 12, 2019 • 11 min read
International Court of Justice

The battle of The Hague

As Myanmar's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi takes the unprecedented step of defending her nation on charges of genocide in front of the International Court of Justice, Rohingya Muslims watch on with fear and trepidation using mobiles phones from refugee camps in Bangladesh
By Andrew Haffner • Dec 12, 2019

Sep 26, 2019 • 9 min read
Myanmar politics

Life of the party

Seemingly unbeatable ahead of elections next year, Aung San Suu Kyi’s political party has nonetheless struggled to achieve much during nearly four years in office
By Hunter Marston and Abigail Chen • Sep 26, 2019