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A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in jail “with hard labour” on Friday, for electoral fraud in the 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, a source said. The latest sentence, handed down by…

Friday's verdict against Suu Kyi is the latest in a string of punishments meted out against the 77-year-old and means she now faces 20 years in jail.However, this is the first time Suu Kyi -- a figurehead of opposition to decades of…

BANGKOK: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified Thursday in a prison courtroom in the capital for the first time in her official secrets case, a legal official said. Suu Kyi, who has been detained since the military ousted her…

<!-- -->The executions announced Monday sparked condemnation from around the globe.Yangon: Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades, saying the…

BANGKOK : Army-ruled Myanmar’s economy remains fragile as civil strife, inflation and onerous policy decisions add to troubles facing farmers and businesses, reports by the World Bank and other experts said Thursday. Conditions have…

BANGKOK: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi denied the accusations in an election fraud charge against her when she testified for the first time on the case Friday at the prison court in the capital Naypyitaw, a legal official said. The…

<!-- -->Suu Kyi's lawyers have been banned from speaking to the media and journalists barred from her trial.Yangon: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound…

Issued on: 23/06/2022 - 09:30Modified: 23/06/2022 - 09:38 Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from house arrest to solitary confinement in a prison compound…

HANOI: Myanmar's e-sports athletes must battle not only online opponents but also a creaky national infrastructure in their bid to make it in the ferociously competitive world of gaming. A relative newcomer to the fast-growing electronic…

NAYPYIDAW: A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases against her, according to a source with knowledge of…