Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers will ask the Supreme Court to reinstate both her witnesses at her trial, her party said. (more…)

Lawyers for jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Thursday to Myanmar’s High Court to reinstate two key defense witnesses in a case that could put her in prison for five years. (more…)

Wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with a dove and the word “Free” written in red paint in front and “Peace” at the back, several youths and members of the NLD Women Wing went around Zigon town to display their beliefs. (more…)

Yangon on Thursday said it would consider the repatriation of Rohingya refugees from Bangladeshi camps if Dhaka provided proof that the migrants were Myanmar nationals. (more…)

Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is dissatisfied that her lakeside home is still guarded by authorities despite her house arrest officially ending in May, a lawyer said Thursday. (more…)

More than 4,000 ethnic Karen in eastern Burma have fled to Thailand after renewed fighting between Burmese government forces and Karen rebels. (more…)

Artillery shells fired by the Burmese army in its ongoing offensive against the Karen National Union have reportedly landed on Thai soil, as fighting steps up near to the border. (more…)

France and Germany criticised the Myanmar authorities on Thursday for their attitude over detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and said they were trying to enlist China and India to exert further pressure on the country. (more…)

The Czech EU presidency voiced “serious concern” Thursday at Myanmar’s growing offensive against Karen rebels which has forced civilians to flee to Thailand, and called for an immediate truce. (more…)

The United Nations has called on Burma’s military junta to cooperate with the international community to improve the state of education in the cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta, but international donors are warning that the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi could complicate efforts to raise money for the victims of Cyclone Nargis. (more…)

While the world has remained rapt by the trial of Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, the ongoing crisis over rights for ethnic minorities in the country has received little international attention. (more…)

As the trial of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi unfolds, many people are asking: How difficult is it to be a defense lawyer who represents political activists in Burma? (more…)

There are at least four reasons why Thailand is not able to push Burma’s political development toward democracy and national reconciliation, as well as to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)