To mark detained Myanmar leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 80th birthday, The Irrawaddy presents a timeline of the key events in her life.

YANGON, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Myanmar police have seized 650,000 stimulant tablets in Myanmar's Yangon, the state-owned daily Myanma Alinn reported on Tuesday.

Catholics in civil war-hit Myanmar have expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his call to peace in the Southeast Asian nation, which has been plagued by decades of conflict and repressive military ...

Historian Jeff Wasserstrom explains the origins of an online political movement that has shaped Asia’s youth protest culture.