Burma: On the Threshold of Democracy? Civil society showed its force this week in Burma. The people’s call for a more democratic nation finally came through when Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy won 43 of the 45 seats available for...
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Nobel-winning Burmese democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) party won big on Sunday, in Myanmar's first real elections since 1990. The NLD says it has won 43 or 44 of the 45 seats up for gra... Read Post
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi [above] addressed supporters from outside her party’s headquarters in Yangon on Monday, saying she hoped Sunday’s vote signalled the dawn of a new era in Burma. Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy ... Read Post
On Thursday night, President Obama phoned activist Aung San Suu Kyi, who just announced that her National League for Democracy party would run as a party in Burma, to make sure that she supports US engagement toward Burmese governme... Read Post