LinkAsia
| Nov 21, 2012
US President Barack Obama's historic visit to Myanmar drew jubilant crowds. But as contributor Kenneth Wong reports from Rangoon, many there believe that further change and reforms must be driven by the efforts of Burmese themselves.
LinkAsia
| Nov 19, 2012
LinkAsia contributor Kenneth Wong reports from the streets of Rangoon on Burmese reactions to US President Barack Obama's historic visit. People's responses vary, from optimism that Obama's visit would make a concrete difference in people's lives,...
LinkAsia
| Oct 5, 2012
Aung San Suu Kyi is back in Burma after a triumphant visit to the US. Burmese-American journalist Kenneth Wong reports from San Francisco on the reaction in the Burmese community to Suu Kyi's visit, speech, and the country's continuing reforms.
LinkAsia
| Aug 10, 2012
As the Southeast Asian country undergoes a "wave of democratic reform", journalists in Myanmar are experiencing more and more freedom. Contributor Adam Kaufman profiles Burmese journalist Maung Wuntha for a look at how reforms are impacting his work.
LinkAsia
| Jun 1, 2012
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi left Myanmar for the first time in almost 25 years this week. Suu Kyi took advantage of the country's increasing openness to speak at the World Economic Forum in Thailand. Host Yul Kwon speaks with fil...
VOA News
| May 17, 2012
The United States is lifting all of its economic sanctions against the military-led government in Burma following the election to parliament of long-time pro-democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi. VOA State Department correspondent Scott Stearns rep...
ABC News (Australia)
| Apr 30, 2012
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her party, the National League for Democracy, has abandoned its political boycott and will agree to swear the parliamentary oath this week, despite reservations over the wording.
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 23, 2012
Following by-elections earlier this month, members of the National League for Democracy were supposed to take their seats in Myanmar's parliament today, but are protesting the wording of an oath. It requires them to pledge to protect a constitutio...
VOA News
| Apr 2, 2012
Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gave a victory speech outside her National League for Democracy headquarters in Myanmar (Burma) Monday after the NLD announced she won her bid for parliament in Sunday's by-elections.
ABC News (Australia)
| Apr 2, 2012
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has called for more emphasis on the rule of the people after her election to parliament in Myanmar (Burma). The vote marks an important milestone for the Burmese pro-democracy movement.
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...started getting heavily involved in national politics. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), a party dedicated to fighting for...
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...and chairperson of the National League for Democracy, also said at a press conference following a three-day workshop that the strictest restrict...
The National League for Democracy is a Burmese political party founded on 27 September 1988. House Representative and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi serves as its General Secretary. The party won a substantial parliamentary majority in the 1990 Burmese general election. However, the ruling military junta refused to recognize the result. On 6 May 2010, the party was declared illegal and ordered to be disbanded by the junta after refusing to register for the elections slated for November 2010. In November 2011, the NLD announced its intention to register as a political party in order to contend future elections and on 13 December 2011, Burma's Union Election Commission approved their application for registration. In the 2012 by-elections, except for one seat lost to SNDP, NLD won 43 seats in which it had contested 44 seats, out of the 45 seats where elections were held. Party leader Aung San Suu Kyi won from the seat of Kawhmu.
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