Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi is a Nobel Peace Laureate and the democratically elected Prime Minister of Myanmar when her party the National League for Democracy won the 1990 general election. However, she has been in detention by the military junta since September 1988 so she has not been able to to assume her proper role. She was born in June 19, 1945 to General Aung San who is considered to be father of modern-day Myanmar. She is a pro-democracy activist... read more
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Suu Kyi's Burma bid faces legal challenge
From The Australian Dated 10 February 2012 AUNG San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in Burma's parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate.
Suu Kyi's Burma bid faces legal challenge
From The Australian Dated 10 February 2012 AUNG San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in Burma's parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate.
Legal challenge launched to Suu Kyi's candidacy
From Seattle Times Dated 10 February 2012 Aung San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in Myanmar's Parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate.
Legal challenge launched to Suu Kyi's candidacy
From Orange County Register Dated 10 February 2012 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Aung San Suu Kyi's bid for a seat in Myanmar's Parliament has been challenged by a rival candidate....
DFA Sec. del Rosario meets Suu Kyi and Myanmar leader
From GMANews.tv Dated 10 February 2012 Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario met with Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi at her home on Thursday as she geared up for the start of electoral campaign for the April by-elections there. The DFA chief also met...
Suu Kyi cites graft in urging business caution
From The Age Dated 9 February 2012 BURMA'S hardliners and reformers are locked in an intensifying power struggle as the opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi warns foreign business people against rushing to invest in the impoverished country.
The master plan for Myanmar
From Asia Times Online Dated 9 February 2012 The seemingly wide-sweeping reform in Myanmar winning Western diplomats' plaudits was already laid out in a seven-step "Roadmap to Discipline-Flourishing Democracy", which aimed at freeing the country from China's grasp, keeping the regime in power and ultimately "crushing" the opposition....
Myanmar Residents Scramble to See "The Lady"
From OpinionJournal Dated 9 February 2012 Seeing the real Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar these days may be even easier than spotting the film version.
Suu Kyi hits the Myanmar campaign trail
From United Press International Dated 8 February 2012 YANGON, Myanmar, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Pro-democracy leader the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail in Myanmar in preparation for by-elections in April.
Crowds hail Suu Kyi
From Philadelphia Daily News Dated 8 February 2012 PATHEIN, Myanmar - Crowds of supporters greeted Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi with thunderous applause as she embarked Tuesday on her first campaign trip since becoming an official candidate for April elections.
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