http://www.mail.com/people/7748-aung-san-suu-kyi.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/7748-aung-san-suu-kyi.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. McConnell, R-Ky., made the announcement after meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein, who is m... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:10:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100320-key-senator-to-myanmar-sanctions-bill-lapse.html 2013-05-21T22:10:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html MEIKHTILA, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced seven Muslims to prison Tuesday — one of them to a life term — in the killing of a Buddhist monk amid deadly sectarian violence that was overwhelmingly directed against minority Muslims but has not led to any criminal trials against members of the country's Buddhist majority. As the country tries to rebu... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099458-myanmar-muslims-jailed-killing-buddhist-monk.html 2013-05-21T12:43:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081878-myanmar-president-to-official-us-visit.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's reformist President Thein Sein will visit the White House next week, the first such trip by a Myanmar head of state in almost 47 years and a sign of warming ties. Myanmar state television announced the U.S. visit Monday, saying it comes at the invitation of President Barack Obama. It gave no exact date, but congressional s... Mon, 13 May 2013 23:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2081878-myanmar-president-to-official-us-visit.html 2013-05-13T23:17:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039378-cuban-dissidents-pick-up-eu-prize-8-years.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing permission to travel abroad. Cuba's Ladies in White won the European Union's Sakharov Prize in 2005 for their fight for democracy and human rights, but they weren't granted permission to leave the co... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:09:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039378-cuban-dissidents-pick-up-eu-prize-8-years.html 2013-04-23T18:09:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's long-deferred aspirations for a larger role in Myanmar are getting a boost this coming week with a visit by Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit by Suu Kyi, in Japan for the first time in 27 years, is highlighting Japan's interest in helping to craft a blueprint for Myanmar's economy and tapping... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:36:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2015236-suu-kyi-visit-highlights-japans-myanmar-push.html 2013-04-12T13:36:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Few imagined Myanmar would embrace democracy when the U.S. began its historic engagement with the military regime. The country's rapid changes were lauded by visiting Western leaders, and the nation's president was hailed as a hero. But spasms of spreading, communal violence show the reform path is bumpier than expected and have taken the sheen off a foreig... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:02:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1997256-myanmar-communal-unrest-threatens-reforms.html 2013-04-04T12:02:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989456-privately-owned-daily-newspapers-return-to-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 years. For many people, the rebirth of daily papers is a novelty: Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily ... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:27:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1989456-privately-owned-daily-newspapers-return-to-myanmar.html 2013-04-01T05:27:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981654-general-myanmar-military-staying-politics.html NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The military that ruled Myanmar for five decades paraded its might Wednesday in front of the opposition leader it once repressed, as its commander in chief said it will remain involved in politics to help the country transform itself into a democracy. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, attending the annual Armed Forces Day celeb... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:38:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1981654-general-myanmar-military-staying-politics.html 2013-03-27T16:38:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967066-myanmar-parliament-agrees-to-review-constitution.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's parliament agreed Wednesday to set up a commission to review the pro-military 2008 constitution, a process that could eventually change the political landscape and allow opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to contest the presidency. Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy party has long said that the constitution... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1967066-myanmar-parliament-agrees-to-review-constitution.html 2013-03-20T13:22:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1961904-myanmar-holds-press-law-criticism.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar journalists just getting used to their new era of freedom howled when the government announced plans for a media law that could lock many old restrictions back into place. Then, in the latest of many moves that never would have happened under the country's old military rulers, the government backed off. A bill restricting pu... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:29:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1961904-myanmar-holds-press-law-criticism.html 2013-03-18T12:29:49Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1961742-michelle-yeoh-honored-asian-film-awards.html HONG KONG (AP) — Michelle Yeoh is happy to be honored with the "Excellence in Asian Cinema Award" but says she hopes there's no hidden message. She asked, "I hope it's not their way of telling me that I need to retire?" The star of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and last year's Aung San Suu Kyi biopic "The Lady" is being honored at the Asian Film Awards... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:59:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1961742-michelle-yeoh-honored-asian-film-awards.html 2013-03-18T03:59:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1954774-suu-kyi-meets-anger-myanmar-mine.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — With rare hostility, villagers sharply criticized opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday as she traveled in northwestern Myanmar to explain why she supports a mining project opposed by many local residents. Suu Kyi failed to persuade the villagers to accept the findings of an official panel she headed that the Letpadaung cop... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:19:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1954774-suu-kyi-meets-anger-myanmar-mine.html 2013-03-14T16:19:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1953306-myanmar-villagers-unhappy-that-suu-kyi-backs-mine.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with rare public scorn while trying to justify an official report endorsing continued operation of a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar opposed by many local residents. Suu Kyi talked with protesters in Monywa township and with mine officials Wednesday about the report of a commission she led ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:43:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1953306-myanmar-villagers-unhappy-that-suu-kyi-backs-mine.html 2013-03-14T00:43:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1948142-myanmar-mine-protesters-reject-official-report.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Opponents of a nearly $1 billion copper mine in northwestern Myanmar expressed outrage Tuesday over a government-ordered report that said the project should continue and that refrained from demanding punishment for police involved in a violent crackdown on protesters. Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi chaired the investigation comm... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:05:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1948142-myanmar-mine-protesters-reject-official-report.html 2013-03-12T21:05:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944168-suu-kyi-selected-to-remain-myanmar-opposition-head.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi was selected Sunday to continue as head of Myanmar's main opposition party, keeping her leadership post even as the party undergoes a makeover to adjust to the country's new democratic framework. The Nobel laureate was named chairwoman of the National League for Democracy's new executive board on the final day of a ... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:54:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944168-suu-kyi-selected-to-remain-myanmar-opposition-head.html 2013-03-10T13:54:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942496-suu-kyi-vows-to-bring-blood-to-party.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday vowed to inject new blood into her party and urged members to rise above petty differences as they elect new leadership for the first time in the 25-year history of the National League for Democracy. "Choose leaders without any personal grudge," she told the assembled crowd of... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:31:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1942496-suu-kyi-vows-to-bring-blood-to-party.html 2013-03-09T05:31:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — It is a party dominated by a single strong leader. Top positions are made by appointment. Decision-making is quiet and circumscribed. That party is not Myanmar's ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party, which grew out of decades of military dictatorship. It is the National League for Democracy, led by democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and currently... Sat, 09 Mar 2013 04:00:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1939866-myanmar-opposition-holds-party-congress.html 2013-03-09T04:00:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929870-myanmar-to-open-offshore-oil-gas-bids-april.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar plans to put over 20 offshore oil and gas exploration blocks up for auction by April as the country pushes to attract foreign investment and expertise to help overcome an energy deficit that's a legacy of gas export deals made by its former military rulers. Myanmar produces more than enough natural gas, which is its primary ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:00:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1929870-myanmar-to-open-offshore-oil-gas-bids-april.html 2013-03-04T13:00:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html LAWA YANG, Myanmar (AP) — Kneeling beside a line of freshly dug trenches carved like one long, open wound into a lush hillside, the rebel sergeant peered through dusty binoculars at all his troops had lost. Scattered across the sprawling valley below, a dozen thatched-roof homes stood quiet, abandoned by fleeing villagers as government forces drew near. T... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:31:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1905128-myanmar-answers-to-ethnic-conflict-elusive.html 2013-02-21T07:31:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869164-freedom-brings-challenges-myanmar-writers.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Poet Saw Wai parked himself on the lawn, unfurled a map of Myanmar with a blob of blood-red paint dripping down from a spot up north and invited people to make poetry with him. "He's calling for more trouble," said a passerby. What the message lacked in subtlety it made up for in brazenness. Government forces have been pounding ethn... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1869164-freedom-brings-challenges-myanmar-writers.html 2013-02-05T07:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860948-international-literary-festival-opens-myanmar.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The latest first for fast-reforming Myanmar — its first international literary festival — is putting the spotlight on dozens of the country's authors, a number of whom once spent time in prison for their writings. The Irrawaddy Literary Festival, which runs from Friday through Sunday, comes as Myanmar relaxes its censorship rules, b... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1860948-international-literary-festival-opens-myanmar.html 2013-02-01T09:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's plan for 2013 was simple. She'd embark on an epic swansong around the world as secretary of state, a dizzying itinerary of east-west and north-south flights that would take her past 1 million miles in the air at the helm of American diplomacy and perhaps break her own record of 112 countries visited while in the ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861170-hillary-clinton-takes-rest-weird-that.html 2013-02-01T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of their exodus from a once-peaceful town on Myanmar's western coast. They were attacked one quiet evening, they say, by Buddhist mobs determined to expel them from the island port of K... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html 2012-12-29T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789336-sweaters-knit-myanmars-suu-kyi-sell-123k.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's cash-strapped opposition party is tapping into the prestige of its leader: Two sweaters hand-knit by Aung San Suu Kyi have been auctioned for $123,000. A green-and-white sweater with a floral design sold at a Friday night auction to an anonymous bidder for 63 million kyat, or $74,120. On Thursday, a Myanmar-based radio sta... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789336-sweaters-knit-myanmars-suu-kyi-sell-123k.html 2012-12-29T03:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789486-myanmar-to-allow-daily-private-newspapers.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar said Friday it will allow private daily newspapers starting in April for the first time since 1964, in the latest step toward allowing freedom of expression in the long-repressed nation. The Information Ministry announced on its website that any Myanmar national wishing to publish a daily newspaper will be able to submit an ... Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1789486-myanmar-to-allow-daily-private-newspapers.html 2012-12-28T10:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1770102-jason-mraz-tops-myanmar-anti-trafficking-concert.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz mixed entertainment with education to become the first world-class entertainer in decades to perform in Myanmar, with a concert to raise awareness of human trafficking. Mraz's 2008 hit "I'm Yours" was the finale for Sunday night's concert before a crowd of about 50,000 people at the base of the ... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1770102-jason-mraz-tops-myanmar-anti-trafficking-concert.html 2012-12-17T04:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770910-myanmar-health-care-broken-under-military-rule.html ZEE PHYU KWIN, Myanmar (AP) — In her long scarlet sarong, crisp white shirt and nurse's cap pinned neatly in place, Khin Aye Nwe looks as though she belongs in a modern hospital. Instead, the midwife's clean sandals scuff across the dusty cement floor of a dilapidated clinic in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta. She covers a territory spanning 15 villages with 3,... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1770910-myanmar-health-care-broken-under-military-rule.html 2012-12-17T03:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html BANGKOK (AP) — For Aung San Suu Kyi the democracy activist, the 25-year struggle against Myanmar's former army rulers was a largely black-and-white affair — a clear fight for freedom against one of the world's most oppressive regimes. But Suu Kyi the elected lawmaker is finding it a lot more difficult to pick her battles, and she's a lot more pragmatic wh... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736072-analysis-myanmars-suu-kyi-pragmatism.html 2012-12-01T06:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732970-suu-kyi-wants-govt-apology-violent-crackdown.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest Myanmar, but she also stuck to the government's view that the country must follow through on its commitment to build the project. Speaking Friday morning to a crowd of more than 10,000 i... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1732970-suu-kyi-wants-govt-apology-violent-crackdown.html 2012-11-30T19:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1730264-myanmar-cracks-mine-protest-dozens-hurt.html MONYWA, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is urging a negotiated resolution to protests over a military-backed copper mine in northwestern Myanmar after the government's biggest crackdown on demonstrators since reformist President Thein Sein took office last year. Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to break up the 11-... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1730264-myanmar-cracks-mine-protest-dozens-hurt.html 2012-11-30T02:09:00Z