Story Archive
2011-09-12
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Ky says her campaign to free political prisoners 'is not easy but worth doing.'
2011-09-06
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Ky fields questions on her meetings with Burmese President Thein Sein.
2011-09-01
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi offers hope for a resolution to Burma's prolonged ethnic conflict.
2011-08-22
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi says mutual respect among Burmese ethnic groups is key to national unity.
2011-08-11
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi lashes out at lax land laws.
2011-08-04
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi comments on military abuses in villages and on how to engage in politics.
2011-07-29
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi is asked about a bid for U.S. political asylum by two Burmese diplomats.
2011-07-22
The wife of a top Chinese human rights lawyer is awaiting her husband's return from she doesn't know where.
2011-07-21
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi assesses the first 100 days of the new government.
2011-07-11
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses her out-of-Rangoon trips and infighting within her NLD.
2011-07-07
In her latest weekly conversation with listeners, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses economic mismanagement in Burma and the voiding of the NLD’s party registration.
2011-06-28
In a program broadcast on June 17, Aung San Suu Kyi warns against commercial activities for political parties in Burma, and advises the government to negotiate with the country’s ethnic nationalities.
2011-06-17
In a program broadcast on June 10, Aung San Suu Kyi urges the Burmese people to join a signature campaign calling for the release of political prisoners, and says she has no immediate plans to travel abroad.
2011-06-15
In a program broadcast on June 3, Aung San Suu Kyi highlights the need for a probe into the 2003 Depayin massacre and urges participation in a signature campaign demanding the release of political prisoners.
2011-06-01
In a program broadcast on May 27, Aung San Suu Kyi explains why her country should still be called Burma, discusses ASEAN’s policy toward Burma, and points to “extensive” problems with the country’s education system.
2011-05-31
In a program broadcast on May 20, Aung San Suu Kyi criticizes the Burmese government’s recent “amnesty” of prisoners, discusses a breakaway opposition party’s use of NLD symbols, and says that addressing Burma’s problems with corruption will be a “difficult undertaking.”
2011-05-18
In a program aired on May 13, Aung San Suu Kyi says it is premature for Burma to chair the regional grouping ASEAN, discusses party discipline in building democracy, and urges Burma’s government to curb inflation.
2011-05-13
A battered wife explains how she remained married to an abusive husband in spite of his repeated beatings.
2011-05-05
In a program broadcast on April 29, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses the 2003 Depayin incident, says that union-building and the establishment of democracy can be accomplished together, and reveals her personal wishes for the rest of her “life’s journey.”
2011-05-02
From warriors to "butterflies on wheels," Vietnamese women have inspired generations.
2011-04-28
In a program broadcast on April 22, Aung San Suu Kyi calls for talks between Burma’s government and the democratic opposition, discusses the importance of preserving the languages and literature of Burma’s ethnic groups, and expresses concern for Burmese refugees living in camps.
2011-04-21
In a program aired on April 15, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses the appointment by the United States of a Special Envoy for Burma, explains why she will not leave Burma to travel abroad, and shares her views of Burma’s newly elected government.
2011-04-15
A Vietnamese woman describes life as a domestic servant in Macau.
2011-04-13
Nguyen Hoang Nga is a colon cancer survivor. She beat the disease in 2008, and today leads a happy and healthy life with her family of five. Thankful to be alive, she participates in relief efforts in central Vietnam every year, taking her family along to help others, less fortunate Vietnamese.
2011-04-11
Phuong Loan is a tailor and a poet. Asked about the inspiration for her poems, she replied, “Emotions are what make poems.”
2011-04-08
In a program aired on April 1, Aung San Suu Kyi says Burma’s military should recreate itself as an army that serves the people, calls on Burma’s government to spend more on education, and asks Burmese living abroad not to be ‘aloof’ from their country’s struggle.
2011-04-03
In a March 25 broadcast, Aung San Suu Kyi promotes the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, questions the proceedings of Burma's new parliament, and discusses Burma's trade and treaty commitments.
2011-03-30
In a March 18 broadcast, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses the Jasmine revolutions, the circumstances of Burmese migrant workers in Thailand, and why “democracy icon” is a limiting label.
2011-03-28
In a program aired on March 11, Aung San Suu Kyi discusses Burma’s budget, the problems of drug abuse, and the Burmese people’s disappointment at the results of the 2010 elections.
2011-03-15
In a March 4 broadcast, Aung San Suu Kyi calls for a full-time UN envoy on Burma affairs and says that the string of pro-democracy protests in North Africa and Arab states shows that “the desire for freedom and justice is spreading all over the world.
