Burmese Nobel Laureate after 21 Years

The author recalls her time in Burma just before the military coup that kept Aung San Suu Kyi from accepting her Nobel Peace Prize for two decades.

“Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal,” the diminutive woman in lavender said softly. “Even if we do not achieve [it] on earth…common endeavors for peace will unite individuals and nations in trust and friendship and help to make our human community safer and kinder.”  Click to read the entire article