BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years on Tuesday in an unmistakable display of confidence in the liberalisation taking shape in her country after five decades of military rule.Full story
India agreed Monday to provide Myanmar with a $500 million credit as one of 12 deals signed during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to the Southeast Asian country. Full story
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete. Full story
British Prime Minister David Cameron made a historic visit to Myanmar (Burma) today and met with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was held under house arrest for 15 years. ITV's Paul Davies reports
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Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls her party's victory "a triumph of the people." NBC's Ian Williams reports from Yangon, Myanmar.
Peter Popham, author of “The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi,” joins the NOW panel to discuss Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s historic win in Burma’s parliamentary elections this past weekend, and what Suu Kyi’s political success represents for B
After being persecuted for two decades for her beliefs, Aung San Suu Kyi won a seat in Myanmar’s parliament by an apparent landslide. NBC’s Ian Williams reports.
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters after meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at her home in Yangon in this May 1, 2012 file photo. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years on May 29, 2012
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to reporters after a party meeting in front of the National League for Democracy party's head office in Yangon in this April 20, 2012 file photo. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years o
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at the lower house of parliament to attend a parliament meeting in Naypyitaw in this May 2, 2012 file photo. Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years on May 29, 2012 in an unmistakable disp
A boy and his mother are pictured at their home near Hlaing Tharyar industrial zone on the outskirts of Yangon May 28, 2012. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: SOCIETY)
