Word: aung
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Case in point: Burma, or Myanmar, the indigenous name used by the generals who annulled democratic elections a decade ago. Repressive and corrupt, the junta has managed to avoid blanket sanctions by the West. But campaigners are demanding a travel boycott, taking their lead from Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi whose National League for Democracy won the 1990 vote. She maintains that tourist dollars prop up the regime. Another deterrent: International Labor Organization reports say forced labor was used on tourist projects...
...Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the nation's pro-democracy movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest in December 1991, and remains imprisoned in his home...
...AUNG SAN SUU KYI First, police. Now, family. Myanmar Nobelist sued by half brother over home