PROJECTED WINNER
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) leaves the headquarters of the National League of Democracy (NLD) after she made a speech to a small crowd and the media in Yangon on November 9. Vote counting in Myanmar’s landmark election was well underway following a massive turnout that could see Aung San Suu Kyi’s party catapulted to power and the end of decades of military control. AFP PHOTO
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) leaves the headquarters of the National League of Democracy (NLD) after she made a speech to a small crowd and the media in Yangon on November 9. Vote counting in Myanmar’s landmark election was well underway following a massive turnout that could see Aung San Suu Kyi’s party catapulted to power and the end of decades of military control. AFP PHOTO
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The United States welcomed Myanmar’s landmark election Sunday, but warned of “important structural and systemic impediments” to full democratization in the Southeast Asian nation after decades of military rule.