If Myanmar’s leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi fails to act on the things that lie within her power, then she fails on her own terms.
From: 101 East
Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar
One year since the government of Aung San Suu Kyi took power, we explore why high hopes for Myanmar have been dashed.
12 May 2017
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