Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi gestures as she speaks during a news conference at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia, at the Myanmar International Convention Centre in Naypyitaw June 6, 2013. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
A Muslim protester wears a mask of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally against the country's treatment of Muslims, in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, May 3, 2013. AP
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Deputy Border Affairs Minister Maj. Gen. Zaw Win (l.) attend Myanmar’s 68th anniversary celebrations of Armed Forces Day, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2013. The daughter of Aung San, Myanmar’s most famous general and founding father, Suu Kyi has reached out to the military which was known for its brutality. Nyein Chan Naing/AP
Myanmar pro-democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks with a Buddhist monk as villagers protest against an investigation commission's report on a copper mine project in Sarlingyi township March 14, 2013. People whose land was seized to allow the expansion of the copper mine should be compensated before the project goes ahead, according to an official report led by Suu Kyi. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi receives a traditional Chin shawl before speaking in Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 25, 2012. Fort Wayne is home to one of the largest Burmese population in the United States. Samuel Hoffman/The Journal Gazette/AP
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) receives the Congressional Gold Medal from Speaker of the House John Boehner, at the US Capitol in Washington, Sept. 19, 2012. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (l.) and French President Francois Hollande walk in the garden of the Elysee Palace on the first day of her three-day visit in Paris, June 26, 2012. Bertrand Langlois/Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (l. to r.) speaks next to Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and singer Bono of the band U2 at the opening session of the Oslo Forum in Norway, on June 18, 2012. Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi (r.) speaks with old friends during a reception at Oxford University, southern England, on June 19, 2012. Myanmar's Nobel laureate had an emotional visit to Britain, where she left her family 24 years ago. Lefteris Pitarakis/Reuters
Kim Aris, son of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, sits between his uncle Anthony Aris and Francis Sejersted, who was leader of the Nobel Committee in 1991, as his mother gives her Nobel speech at Oslo City Hall June 16, 2012. Lise Aserud/Reuters
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron greets Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Downing Street in London, on June 21, 2012. Luke MacGregor/Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) talks with Swiss apprentices (r.) during a train trip from Geneva to Bern June 14, 2012. Suu Kyi began a tour of Europe. Some were worried the fanfare would test the patience of the reformist generals in power after decades of army rule. Sebastien Bozon/Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a news conference after addressing the 101st session of the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva June 14, 2012. Suu Kyi has begun a tour of Europe. Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
Myanmar workers hold pictures of Aung San Suu Kyi and her father Gen. Aung San as they gather to hear her speech in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, May 30, 2012. Wason Wanichakorn/AP
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi greets migrant workers from Myanmar, as she visits Thailand, May 30, 2012. Nobel Peace Prize winner Suu Kyi ventures outside Myanmar for the first time in 24 years in an unmistakable display of confidence in the liberalization taking shape in her country after five decades of military rule. Sukree Sukplang/Reuters
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (c.) is greeted by supporters at her National League for Democracy's party headquarters in Yangon Nov. 15, 2010. Suu Kyi's re-emergence from seven years' incarceration thrust Western sanctions back onto the agenda in Myanmar, adding a new dimension to the army-ruled country's fast-changing political landscape. Reuters
A car carrying journalists heads past the barricades at a road block near the main entrance of Insein prison where the trial of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi took place, May 20, 2009 in Yangon, Myanmar. The Noble Peace laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, was in detention without trial for more than 13 of the past 19 years, and was accused of violating the terms of her house arrest. Khin Maung WinAP
A Myanmar national living in Thailand stands next to portraits of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally calling for Suu Kyi's release, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok August 11, 2009. A court in army-ruled Myanmar sentenced opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 months in detention for violating an internal security law, a ruling that angered the West and further isolated the regime. Kerek Wongsa/Reuters
Aung San Suu Kyi said firmly at the World Economic Forum that she wants to be president of Myanmar and pushed back on the recent criticism over her muted stand on religious tensions.
A year ago, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi made her first trip outside Myanmar after about two decades of house arrest, traveling to Thailand amid much fanfare for a World Economic Forum summit.
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