Suu Kyi, wearing a blue dress and white sash ... He is member of the Chin ethnic group from the country's northwest. The party wants Van Thio to represent Myanmar's myriad ethnic minorities ...

Though Suu Kyi’s father, independence leader General Aung San, succeeded in uniting Shan, Chin and Kachin groups with his Burmese nationalists, hardline Communists and Karen separatists soon ...

While the result appears predictable — analysts believe Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy ... Rakhine, Shan and Chin states, says Robertson. The military is "prosecuting a war ...

Suu Kyi accused of bribery ... one of which on Thursday said it had killed 17 government soldiers in a battle in Chin State, bordering India. Another, the Chinland Defence Force, on its Facebook ...

Deposed leader has limited knowledge of events - lawyer Suu Kyi: NLD exists as long as people ... 12 police officers in the Chin State town of Kanpetlet had switched sides on Saturday to join ...

Van Thio, a member of Myanmar’s Chin ethnic minority and a former army officer, was named second vice president in 2016 when Suu Kyi’s party started its first term after winning the 2015 ...

Josh Chin is a senior global correspondent for The ... The visit of Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to Beijing this week illustrates a new willingness among Chinese leaders to engage ...

expecting to take a job in Aung San Suu Kyi’s cabinet after running a successful election campaign for her party in his native Chin state. But as troops fanned out across the city in the early ...

Aung San Suu Kyi, who has led the majority National League ... The Upper House have nominated Henry Van Thio, an ethnic Chin, while the military have put forward an Air Force candidate, Khin ...

expecting to take a job in Aung San Suu Kyi’s cabinet after running a successful election campaign for her party in his native Chin state. By Poppy McPherson March 19 (Reuters) - On the night ...