Impossible to know what state her heart is in, no way of verifying if she is even alive, says son

NAYPYITAW, March 31 — The chief of Myanmar's ruling junta has vowed to hold a free and fair election in December, as he urged armed opponents in a widening civil war to renounce violence and pursue dialogue.

NAYPYIDAW, Jan 4 — Myanmar's military government will release 5,864 prisoners, including 180 foreigners, under an amnesty marking the Southeast Asian nation's independence day, state media said today.

ROME, Sept 24 — Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar’s detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and offered the Vatican as a safe haven, the pontiff said in a recent conversation with Jesuits in Asia.

ANKARA, July 25 — Political parties in Myanmar welcomed the next year general elections pledged by the junta, reported Anadolu Agency.

ANKARA, July 23 — Myanmar's acting President Myint Swe has transferred his duties to the junta chief after falling gravely ill, local media reported today.

NAYPYIDAW, May 9 — Myanmar’s military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen in talks this week, a senior official said, even as the ruling junta faces unprecedented pressure from an expanding armed resistance.

YANGON, April 17 — Myanmar's detained former leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, a spokesperson for the military government told media.

NAYPYIDAW, March 20 — No bidders showed up at an auction in Myanmar today for the sale of the home of jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, for which the starting price had been set at around US$90 million (RM426.6 million), a witness and local media reported.

JAKARTA, Sept 6 — Southeast Asia's Asean bloc on Wednesday welcomed world leaders to Indonesia's capital for a summit likely to be dominated by worry about rivalry between the United States (US) and China overshadowing the region.

BANGKOK, Aug 2 — Thailand has welcomed the Myanmar junta’s move in granting state clemency to incarcerated leader Aung San Suu Kyi, noting it is a positive development for the country.

NAYPIDAW, August 1 — Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be pardoned for five of the numerous offences for which she was jailed for a total of 33 years, state media reported today.

NAYPYITAW, July 26 — Myanmar's military government may move ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest in the capital, Naypyitaw, two media outlets reported on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, July 12 — Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai on Wednesday said he had met with Myanmar's jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the first foreign official to be granted access to the Nobel laureate since her detention by the military two years ago.

NAYPYIDAW, April 17 — Myanmar's junta released 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country's traditional New Year on Monday (April 16), according to a statement from the military government published on pro-military Telegram channels.

NAYPYIDAW, Feb 1 — Two years after Myanmar's military coup, a young factory worker turned resistance fighter mourns the loss of his leg in battle.

ISTANBUL, Dec 30 — A junta court on Friday sentenced Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven more years, bringing her total jail term in all cases to 33 years.

NAYPYITAW, Dec 27 — A court in military-ruled Myanmar will deliver its final verdicts in cases against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, said a source familiar with her trials, wrapping up marathon proceedings that have been condemned in the West as a sham.

NEW YORK, Dec 20 — The UN Security Council is likely to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military junta to release all political prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomats said.

ISTANBUL, Oct 12 — Incarcerated Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi was served two more three-year jail terms over corruption on Wednesday.