People walk past a commercial billboard by a local food company with portraits of Myanmar democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and President Htin Kyaw displayed on a street in Yangon on April 18. AFP PHOTO
People walk past a commercial billboard by a local food company with portraits of Myanmar democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi and President Htin Kyaw displayed on a street in Yangon on April 18. AFP PHOTO

YANGON: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation’s ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party’s ascent to power.

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