Showing posts with label Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Show all posts

Friday, 15 June 2012

Myanmar Fighting Tests Suu Kyi as Politician Before Nobel Speech


Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, leaves the Swiss Federal Palace with Swiss Foreign minister Didier Burkhalter, second right, in Bern. Photographer: Sebstien Bozon/AFP/GettyImages

Clashes in western Myanmar involving Muslim Rohingyas are giving opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi one of her first political tests since an April by-election win that prompted Western nations to ease sanctions.