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Myanmar's Suu Kyi Rejoins Political Arena
On his way to the Asian Summit in Bali, President Obama spoke by phone yesterday with Aung San Suu Kyi , the Nobel-Prize-winning opposition leader in Burma, or Myanmar. Today, Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy agreed to register for elections, an expression of confidence in recent reforms.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readOn his way to the Asian Summit in Bali, President Obama spoke by phone yesterday with Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel-Prize-winning opposition leader in Burma, or Myanmar. Today, Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy agreed to register for elections, an expression of confidence in recent reforms. Jennifer Quigley is advocacy coordinator for the US Campaign for Burma, a human rights group in Washington.
