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Article: Roundup: Myanmar Makes Important Step Towards National Reconciliation by Duan Tingchang

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May 13, 2002
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The Myanmar military government unconditionally released Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD), from house arrest on May 6.

It was an important step taken by the government to ease the sharp contradiction between it and the NLD and to realize the country's national reconciliation.

The Myanmar government claimed that the day, May 6, 2002, marked a new page for the Myanmar people.

Myanmar's political crisis originated from more than ten years ago. on September 18, 1988, the present Myanmar military government took over the power of state amid danger fallen on the country and on May 27, 1990, the government sponsored a general election. The ...

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