From political prisoners to parliamentarians
Aung San Suu Kyi leads Mynamar through democratic
transition:
When U. Thant of Myanmar was elected UN
Secretary-General back in November 1962, he was the first Asian to
hold that post after Trygve Lie of Norway and Dag Hammarskjold of
Sweden. The appointment was also a historic moment for Asia, which
waited for 45 long years for the second Asian to hold that position:
Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, the current UN Secretary-General, who
was elected in January 2007.
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Unlocking South Asia
Late at night, after sending a story to London,
I often walk around the small neighbourhood of Delhi that has been
home for nearly six years. Here, in the centre of this metropolis of
20 million people, the central point of this busy, restive region in
which a quarter of the world’s population live, it is quiet.
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