YANGON -- With just one month remaining until Myanmar's Nov. 8 general election, the opposition National League for Democracy faces two tough hurdles: ethnic minority parties siphoning support, and attacks from an influential Buddhist group.
Speaking in Kachin State Monday, NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the area has been unable to escape poverty despite its wealth of natural resources, and claimed that will change if her party wins. Kachin, situated on the Chinese border, is a major source of jade and high-quality lumber. But its economic development has lagged amid clashes between the military and the ethnic minority Kachin.
