Aung San Suu Kyi
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Modi, Aung San discuss operationalising Sittwe Port, border demarcation
World | Nov 04, 2019, 02:00 PM ISTDuring the talks on Sunday evening, the leaders cordially exchanged views on extending cooperation between the two countries, exchange of high-level visits, continued constructive assistance from India, and ASEAN-India cooperation, based on common interest
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Honorary citizenship of Aung San Suu Kyi revoked by Canada
World | Oct 03, 2018, 11:02 AM ISTAung San Suu Kyi is the first person to be removed from her honorary Canadian citizenship.
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External Affars Minister Sushma Swaraj meets Myanmar's State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi, ink bilateral ties
World | May 11, 2018, 03:20 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj who is on a two-day Myanmar visit met the country's de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyidaw on Friday.
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Tell truth or resign: Nobel laureates tell Suu Kyi
World | Mar 01, 2018, 07:12 PM ISTMore than 688,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Rakhine State to neighbouring Bangladesh since August 2017, after the Myanmar Army launched a military offensive following attacks on multiple government posts by Rohingya rebels.
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Oxford City Council strips Aung San Suu Kyi of two-decade-old Freedom of the City Award
World | Nov 28, 2017, 03:08 PM ISTThe council motion was supported unanimously on Monday evening and cited Suu Kyi’s inaction as Rohingya Muslims are subjected to a crackdown being described by the UN and others as textbook ethnic cleansing.
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Working on taking back Rohingyas, says Aung San Suu Kyi
India | Oct 25, 2017, 12:45 PM ISTMore than half a million members of the Rohingya Muslim minority have fled to Bangladesh since the start of a military crackdown in Myanmar's Rakhine state on August 25.
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Oxford students vote to remove Suu Kyi's name from their junior common room
World | Oct 20, 2017, 11:28 PM ISTStudents at the Oxford college where Aung San Suu Kyi studied have voted to remove her name from the title of their junior common room because of her response to the Rohingya crisis.
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Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Oxford honour over Rohingya criticism
World | Oct 04, 2017, 05:33 PM ISTThe 'Freedom of Oxford' had been granted to the de facto leader of Myanmar in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy" by the Oxford City Council.
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Oxford college removes painting of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi
World | Sep 30, 2017, 04:09 PM ISTThe governing body of St Hugh's college, one of the University of Oxford's constituent colleges, decided to remove the painting of the Nobel laureate from its main entrance.
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India welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi's statement on Rohingya Muslims
World | Sep 19, 2017, 05:49 PM IST"It was an encouraging address and contained a very positive message," India's Ambassador to Myanmar Vikram Misri said.
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Aung San Suu Kyi says Myanmar ready to verify Rohingya Muslims refugee status
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India shares Myanmar’s concerns over ‘extremist violence’ in Rakhine state, says PM Modi
World | Sep 06, 2017, 05:34 PM ISTSuu Kyi is under mounting international pressure to stop the alleged human rights violations against the Rohingyas, who are denied citizenship in Myanmar.
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Myanmar visit: PM Narendra Modi meets Aung San Suu Kyi, discusses bilateral ties
World | Sep 06, 2017, 10:41 AM ISTPrime Minister Modi's visit to Myanmar comes amid a spike in ethnic violence with Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state
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Need to isolate terror, not nations, says Aung San Suu Kyi
National | Oct 19, 2016, 10:39 AM ISTLaying down a principle that all surgical strikes must be treated on ‘case to case basis’, Myanmar’s Foreign Minister and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said that terrorism in any form is unacceptable.
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Aung San Suu Kyi appointed as Myanmar's foreign minister
World | Mar 30, 2016, 12:02 PM ISTNay Pyi Taw: Chairperson of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi was appointed on Wednesday as the country's new minister of foreign affairs. Suu Kyi will concurrently hold three other
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Suu Kyi’s close aide Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar's President
World | Mar 30, 2016, 11:30 AM ISTHtin Kyaw, a trusted friend of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, took over as Myanmar's president Wednesday, taking a momentous step in the country's long-drawn transition toward democracy after more than a half-century of direct and indirect military
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No one told me I'd be interviewed by a muslim, says Aung San Suu Kyi
World | Mar 26, 2016, 11:15 AM ISTLondon: Myanmar democracy veteran Aung San Suu Kyi angrily complained about being interviewed by a Muslim BBC presenter who pressed her about violence against Rohingya Muslims, a biographer claimed today. "No one told me I
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s former driver Htin Kyaw elected Myanmar President
World | Mar 15, 2016, 12:01 PM ISTHtin Kyaw, 70, a longtime confidant and former driver of Aung San Suu Kyi, today become Myanmar's first democratically elected Present after more than half a century of military rule.
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Myanmar high-level meeting political talks consider reforms
World | Apr 11, 2015, 11:44 AM ISTNAYPYITAW, Myanmar: Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with Myanmar's top political and military leaders in what a government spokesman described as a "successful meeting," but there was no sign the participants bridged
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Angelina Jolie named world's most admired woman
Hollywood | Feb 03, 2015, 08:26 AM ISTLos Angeles: Actress-director Angelina Jolie has been named the most admired woman in the world, leaving behind Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and even India's Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.According