Suu Kyi Enters Parliament

In a modest dormitory in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called "No Retreat", steeling him to enter Myanmar's parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatised by army rule.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of the Parliament on Wednesday, opening a new chapter in the Nobel laureate's near quarter-century struggle against oppression.

In a modest dormitory in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw, novice MP Tin Thit recites a poem he has penned called "No Retreat", steeling him to enter Myanmar's parliament carrying the dreams of a nation left traumatised by army rule.

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of the Parliament on Wednesday, opening a new chapter in the Nobel laureate's near quarter-century struggle against oppression.