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Barack Obama becomes the first sitting US President to visit Burma, meeting both Burmese President Thein Sein and National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
2012-11-19

Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy opposition party in Burma and MP for Kawhmu, leaves Yangon for Bangkok, Thailand on her first overseas trip in 22 years.
2012-05-29

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says that a dispute over the wording of the oath of office has been resolved and that she and her colleagues from the National League for Democracy will attend parliament for the first time.
2012-04-30

Burma's highest court upholds the dissolution of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party.
2011-01-28

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with opposition leaders who broke away from the National League for Democracy party.
2010-12-30

A breakaway group from the National League for Democracy in Burma registers to participate in the general election later this year.
2010-07-10

Burma's main opposition party, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi, disbands after it refuses to register under new election laws.
2010-05-6

Burma's newly announced second law relating to the 2010 general election bars anyone with a criminal conviction from participating in a political party, effectively barring Aung San Suu Kyi.
2010-03-10

Burma's Supreme Court rejects an appeal by detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi against an 18 month extension on her house arrest.
2010-02-26

Burma's Supreme Court hears a last appeal against the house arrest of detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
2010-01-18