FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Last November, President Obama visited Burma, meeting reformist President Thein Sein and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. But as the pace of change in the Southeast Asian country accelerates, human rights groups have criticized governments for being too quick to reward the new regime in pursuit of their own strategic and economic interests. This begs the question: Have the West and Aung San Suu Kyi abandoned their principled stand on Burma?
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy look to have scored key victories in by-elections in Burma on Sunday. Luke Hunt reports for The Diplomat.
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sat down for historic talks with Burma’s leaders, pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi stole the limelight, announcing she will run in planned parliamentary […]
FAR EAST CORRESPONDENT — The Myanmar government has lived up to expectations and rejected an appeal by the United Nations to grant citizenship to its stateless Muslim Rohingya population, who the government insists are illegal […]
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