BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's electoral commission dissolved pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party effective Wednesday, after a failed attempt to get the party to participate in an upcoming general election.
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Aung San Suu Kyi, then the state counselor of Myanmar, attends the opening session of the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila, in November 2017. © Reuters
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