Myanmar

The campaign for April elections is in full swing for leading opposition figure, Aung San Suu Kyi. The military-backed government has assured visiting EU officials that the upcoming by-election will be democratic.  

MANILA, Philippines — Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario recently met Myanmar opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon where they held a brief exchange of views on political and socio-economic reforms in the country ...  

YANGON (Reuters) - The European Union should respond fast to changes under way in Myanmar driven by a former military junta leader and "key reformer" committed to democracy and boosting the country's economy, a top EU official said on Monday.  

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) smiles during a press conference at her residence February 10, 2012 in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi is continuing a very public campaign ahead of April 1 ...  

WARTHINKHA, Myanmar (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to give a rapturous welcome on Saturday to Myanmar Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi as she hit the campaign trail for the first time in her bid to win a seat in the country's parliament.  

Yangion, Feb 11 (IANS) Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar’s opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), Saturday started the parliamentary by-election campaign in her constituency. Suu Kyi is to contest in Kawhmu township in Yangon region as a candidate of her party with Dr. U Soe Min, candidate of the ruling Union Solidarity [...]  

KAWHMU, Myanmar - Thousands of cheering supporters swarmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday as the democracy icon took her historic campaign for a parliament seat to the southern constituency she hopes to represent for the first time. Supporters waving her political party's flag  

Yangon, Myanmar -- An elections panel Monday affirmed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s candidacy for Myanmar’s Parliament in another step toward political openness in a country ...  

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario meet at her home in Yangon February 9, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) - Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario met ...  

Feb. 10 - Thousands of ethnic Kachin refugees flee from long-running conflict while Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a human rights award. Sunita Rappai reports.  

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ... this process in our fields of competence,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. Ms. Bokova’s comments came as Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar’s National League ...  

Pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi hit the campaign trail in Myanmar in preparation for by-elections in April. Thousands of supporters cheered her during a speech in Pathein, also called Bassein, a city of around 300,000 ...  

Shouts of "We warmly welcome mother Suu!" and "Long live Daw (Aunt ... She was released from her latest stint in detention a few days after a much-criticised election in 2010, and the upcoming polls are being held to fill places vacated by those who ...  

As Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi embarked on her latest political tour, many are wondering how far Myanmar's government will let her go in rallying followers across the country—especially if her campaign snowballs into a ...  

PATHEIN, Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi was met by thousands of cheering supporters in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta on Tuesday on her second campaign trip ahead of by-elections that could sweep her into parliament.