Myanmar’s former military chief General Than Shwe has accepted Aung San Suu Kyi as “the leader” of the Southeast Asian country, his grandson has said. “He accepts that she will become the ...

especially that Aung San Suu Kyi should be held for her safety." In ordering the crackdown, Than Shwe may have overruled moderate junta members who favor a negotiated political settlement that ...

Than Shwe. Ms. Suu Kyi, a former political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner, won a landslide victory in last month’s pivotal elections, which saw her National League for Democracy secure an ...

Myanmar's Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday her opposition would ally with powerful ousted ruling party leader Shwe Mann, as the country's political forces re-align in the biggest ...

The BBC reports that Suu Kyi and Shwe Mann "have often expressed that they have a mutual understanding for future co-operation" and that one area of cooperation might be amending the constitution ...

"We should think of working for the emergence of a brighter future based on the present situation, instead of thinking why we didn't do it in the past," Suu Kyi said after meeting Than Shwe ...

Myanmar's former junta leader Than Shwe has endorsed his one-time nemesis Aung San Suu Kyi as a "future leader" of the country, according to his grandson. Than Shwe, a postal clerk turned general ...