Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office in Burma

Name: Aung San Suu Kyi to run for office in Burma
Uploaded: 2012-01-10T05:34:04.000Z
Duration: 2 min 37 s
Description: Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed she will run for a parliamentary seat in the by-elections in April.

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Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed she will run for a parliamentary seat in the by-elections in April.

Her National League for Democracy Party decided to rejoin electoral politics amid signs that the new government is easing years of repression.

The BBC's Rachel Harvey has been to the Burmese village of Kawhmu.

Asia

10 January 2012