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Tag: National League for Democracy

Good Day Sunshine — Elections in Burma

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 1 April 2012

The good news from Burma keeps coming in after regional by-elections there in 45 districts. It is not an April Fools joke.  According to the Mizzima news service, Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy looks … Read more

Burma Back at the Crossroads

18 November 2011

At the Asia-Pacific summit in Indonesia last week, U.S. President Barack Obama said he had spoken with iconic Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who supports increased engagement with Burma/Myanmar. Seeing “flickers of progress” in a … Read more

Grace Under Pressure — The Plight of Burma’s Monks

Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as “grace under pressure”—grace which Read more