Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi to leave Burma for first time in 24 years - @itvnews

6:14am, Tue 29 May 2012 Last updated Tue 29 May 2012

Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will venture outside of Burma for the first time in 24 years today when she visits Thailand's capital city, Bangkok.

Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi is leaving Burma for the first time in 24 years. Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

The democracy leader who spent 15 years in detention during her country's fight against a dictatorship will give a speech at the World Economic Forum on East Asia.