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| Aung San Suu Kyi: kill the sanctions (GlobalPost, 9-21-12) "Our people must start taking responsibility for their own destiny." |
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| Obama meets with Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, Oval Office, 9-14-16 (Carolyn Kaster/AP). |
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| The Lady Suu Kyi with Clinton in 2012 |
Aung
San Suu Kyi visited the White House on Wednesday as Burma’s de facto
leader six years after she was released from house arrest, a triumphant
moment for the democracy icon and for the Obama administration’s policy
of engagement with antagonistic or hostile regimes.
But unlike in
Cuba or Iran, Pres. Obama’s decision to jump-start dormant U.S.
relations with the long-isolated Southeast Asian nation [located between India and Thailand] in 2011 received
critical support from Republican leaders. And the burgeoning democratic
transition in Burma, also known as Myanmar [after the military dictators changed its name], away from a half-century of
brutal military rule could represent a rare bipartisan success story.
Washington
is rolling out the red carpet for Suu Kyi, who had breakfast with Vice
President Biden and congressional leaders before visiting the Oval
Office. She will visit Capitol Hill on Thursday.
- VIDEO: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's opposition leader, in the US for talks with Clinton, award from Congress (9-18-12) The opposition leader and Hillary Clinton were set to discuss whether the US should relax its economic sanctions against Myanmar given recent reforms.
After her meeting with Obama, the White House announced that the United States would end a long-standing national emergency
against Burma and further ease trade sanctions in the latest effort to
normalize relations. Administration officials said they hoped the move
will spur greater U.S. economic investment in the nation of 53 million
people.
“It is the right thing to do to ensure that the people of
Burma see rewards for a new way of doing business,” Obama said. He
called Burma a “good news story in an era when so often we see countries
going the opposite direction.” More + VIDEO
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- Myanmar is quietly experiencing its largest uprising in years (GlobalPost) The rebels' goal isn't democracy, but an end to the military-backed drug trade.
Myanmar’s state-backed militias are flooding Asia with meth
(Nov. 12, 2015) Burma's army is propping up narco-militia's fueling the worst drug epidemic in Asia. From Thai border police vainly trying to stymie the flood of meth coming over their border, to Christian vigilantes taking the law into their own hands, our partners at GlobalPost investigates the many fronts of Asia's meth wars.
(Nov. 12, 2015) Burma's army is propping up narco-militia's fueling the worst drug epidemic in Asia. From Thai border police vainly trying to stymie the flood of meth coming over their border, to Christian vigilantes taking the law into their own hands, our partners at GlobalPost investigates the many fronts of Asia's meth wars. 
Myanmar opposition already showing itself in young democracy's parliament (PRI's The World, Jan. 15, 2013) Myanmar's National League for Democracy is a small piece of the country's parliament. But already its flexing its muscle as the nascent parliament begins to deal with real issue that will shape the country's future.
The Opposition in Myanmar's Young Parliament Longtime government opponents in Myanmar's National League for Democracy are settling into new roles as elected officials.
Opening up to Myanmar: Proceed with caution to protect the people (Sept. 27, 2012) Commentary: Repressive regimes are slow to improve human rights, even when they vow to change.
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