Burma’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on Sunday for her people to remain united, saying the Southeast Asian country faces “challenges” at home and abroad, as she marked two years since her party swept to power in a historic vote.
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Hundreds of party faithful rallied at a staging grounds in Taungoo on Saturday morning in a show of support for beleaguered State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy’s longtime figurehead.
The government warns the public that false news and rumours are being spread by unidentified people wishing to cause “political instability” during the tenure of leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
A year after sweeping to power in a historic vote, Aung San Suu Kyi, acknowledged on Thursday the public’s frustration with the slow pace of reforms and development.
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After 12 months with dubious progress on economic reform and repressive legislation still on the books, some are starting to lose patience with the state counsellor’s government.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s government took over last April amid soaring hopes among both her backers in Western governments and ordinary voters at home. A year on things look very different.
The NLD is pressing charges against two men accused of insulting the party’s chairperson Aung San Suu Kyi in a drunken, obscenity-laced rant.
Win Htein, an NLD Central Executive Committee member, said he had a mandate from the party’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi to deal with a planned reshuffle of party executives in Shan State.
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Burma and China are set to sign deals to build hospitals in Burma’s two largest cities and a strategic bridge near their shared border.
Human Rights Lead Story News Refugees
State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi should raise the issue of refugees sheltering in China when she meets with Chinese leaders this week, says Human Rights Watch.
A new report by a Brussels-based think tank says that Burma’s “undisputed political leader” has a strong tendency “to concentrate power in her own hands and delegate little.”
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The comments by the commander-in-chief of Burma’s military aimed to assuage concerns over tension between him and the leader of Burma’s new civilian government, Aung San Suu Kyi.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Peace Process Politics
A key signatory the nationwide ceasefire has concerns over the lack of clarity from Suu Kyi and called on her to keep the team that struck the deal intact.
