President Barack Obama said Friday he will send Hillary Clinton to Myanmar next month in the first visit by a US secretary of state for 50 years, to propel "flickers" of democratic reform.
Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday criticised South Africa for stalling on awarding a visa to the Dalai Lama and for lacking "enthusiasm" in fighting for democracy elsewhere.
Myanmar's military government freed its archrival, democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Saturday after her latest term of detention expired. Several thousand jubilant supporters streamed to her residence.