Back in the Light

The year Burma turned upside down. 

BY SULOME ANDERSON | NOVEMBER 16, 2012

In January 2011, Myanmar convened its first parliament in over two decades, electing then-Prime Minister Thien Sein as president. Since then, the former military commander Sein has developed a reputation as a reformer, opening the economy and loosening restrictions on free speech.

In this photo, Sein meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the 64th General Assembly on Sept. 28, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.

DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images

 

Sulome Anderson is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy.