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Food is handed out to Rohingya refugees at a camp in Bangladesh

UN investigators seek 'unfettered' access to Myanmar

UN human rights investigators said they needed "full and unfettered" access to Myanmar to probe a "grave" and ongoing crisis, urging the government to rethink its rejection of the probe.

World • 19 Sep 17

The UN refugee agency says at least 313,000 Rohingya have now arrived in Bangladesh

UN Security Council to discuss plight of Rohingya

The UN Security Council is to meet to discuss the violence in Myanmar that has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh.

World • 12 Sep 17

Aung San Suu Kyi has said that "misinformation" about the crisis is being used to promote "the interest of the terrorists"

Suu Kyi - 'misinformation' distorting Rohingya crisis

Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has alleged a "huge iceberg of misinformation" was distorting the picture of the Rohingya crisis, which has forced 125,000 of the Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh.

World • 06 Sep 17

Rohingya trek across a paddy field into Bangladesh

Rohingya continue to flee violence in Myanmar

Myanmar has urged Muslims in the troubled northwest to cooperate in the search for insurgents, whose coordinated attacks on security posts and an army crackdown have led to one of the deadliest bouts of violence to engulf the Rohingya community in decades.

World • 03 Sep 17

Aung San Suu Kyi said: 'Ethnic cleansing is too strong an expression to use for what is happening'

Aung San Suu Kyi denies ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has denied the ethnic cleansing of Myanmar's Muslim minority.

World • 06 Apr 17

Myanmar's new president Htin Kyaw (L) and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrive at the parliament

Myanmar swears in landmark civilian president

Myanmar's parliament has sworn in the first president with no military ties in more than half a century.

News • 30 Mar 16

Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech from the balcony of the NLD headquarters in Yangon

Myanmar ruling party concedes election defeat

Myanmar's ruling party conceded defeat in a general election today as the opposition-led by democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi appears on course for a landslide victory that could ensure it forms the next government.

News • 09 Nov 15

Aung San Suu Kyi met US President Barack Obama at her home

Suu Kyi election ban 'doesn't make much sense'

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has described Burma's constitution as "unfair, unjust and undemocratic" after talks with US President Barack Obama in her Yangon home.

News • 14 Nov 14

Aung San Suu Kyi was greeted at Stormont by Speaker of the Assembly William Hay

Aung San Suu Kyi visits Northern Ireland

Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was briefed on Northern Ireland's peace process during a visit this morning.

News • 24 Oct 13

Aung San Suu Kyi collected the prize from European Parliament President Martin Schulz

Suu Kyi collects her 1990 Sakharov Prize

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has collected the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament - 23 years after she was selected for the award.

News • 22 Oct 13

Mr Obama shakes hands with Derek Mitchell, the US ambassador to Burma

Barack Obama makes historic Burma visit

Barack Obama today became the first serving US president to visit Burma.

News • 19 Nov 12

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on a tour of the Wat Pho temple

US President begins three-day Asian tour

US President Barack Obama has begun a three-country Asian tour with a visit to Thailand.

News • 18 Nov 12

Aung San Suu Kyi said it was one of the most moving days of her life

Suu Kyi receives Congressional Gold Medal

Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met US President Barack Obama at the White House and received the highest congressional award yesterday.

News • 21 Sep 12

Demonstrators carry a giant replica of a birthday candle to celebrate the 67th birthday of Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest in front of the Burmese Embassy in Manila

Aung San Suu Kyi receives warm welcome in London

Burmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi began a four-day visit to the UK with an address at the London School of Economics.

News • 19 Jun 12

Aung San Suu Kyi was presented with flowers by Burmese-Ireland children

Aung San Suu Kyi leaves Ireland after awards

Burma's pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi has flown out of Dublin after receiving the prestigious Amnesty Ambassador of Conscience award.

News • 18 Jun 12

Aung San Suu Kyi accepting the award in person after 21 years

Aung Sang Suu Kyi accepts 1991 Nobel Peace Prize

Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has finally accepted her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

News • 16 Jun 12

aung San Suu Kyi held a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg

Aung San Suu Kyi in Norway to receive Nobel Prize

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first visit to Europe in nearly a quarter of a century, warned that her country's political transformation was not irreversible and the military had to give up its excessive powers.

News • 15 Jun 12

Suu Kyi warns investors off Burma's state oil firm

Aung San Suu Kyi has urged foreign governments not to allow their companies form joint ventures with Burma's state-owned oil and gas company until it improves its business practices.

News • 15 Jun 12

Aung San Suu Kyi says a 'healthy scepticism is in order' in relation to the reforms

Suu Kyi pushing the democratic agenda

RTÉ News Deputy Foreign Editor Anthony Murnane examines the current situation facing Aung San Suu Kyi as the opposition leader in Burma.

Special Reports • 14 Jun 12

Freedom of Dublin for Burma's Suu Kyi

RTÉ News Deputy Foreign Editor Anthony Murnane looks at the life of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Special Reports • 14 Jun 12

Aung San Suu Kyi begins European visits this week

Aung San Suu Kyi begins her visit to a number of European countries this week.

News • 11 Jun 12

Aung San Suu Kyi said Burma and China had been 'good neighbours' for many years

Aung San Suu Kyi worried about jostling over Burma

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has addressed world business leaders in Bangkok, on her first international engagement in over 20 years.

News • 01 Jun 12

Bono to present award to Suu Kyi in Dublin

Details have been announced of the visit by Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to Ireland.

News • 30 May 12

Aung San Suu Kyi begins historic overseas trip

Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Thailand on her first overseas trip from Burma, officially known as Myanmar, in more than two decades.

News • 29 May 12

Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Ireland next month

Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to visit Ireland next month, as part of her first trip abroad in 24 years.

News • 18 May 12