The Rise and Fall of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Explained | NowThis World

A non-violent freedom fighter? A war crimes apologist? Or is she something in between? Aung San Suu Kyi’s decades-long, non-violent struggle for democracy made her a hero around the world. But once appointed to office, many say her leadership, has been disappointing. » Subscribe to NowThis World: » Watch the Previous Episode: Born on June 19th, 1945, in what was then Rangoon, Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi was destined to be defiant from the start. Her father was none other than Aung San -- the former military general who negotiated Burma’s independence from the British in 1947. He became known as a national hero, and the founder of modern-day Myanmar, which was then known as Burma. But in 1947, when Suu Kyi was just 2 years old, everything changed. Her father was assassinated by a rival politician. She went on to graduate from high school in 1964, and then studied with the global elite at Oxford University. Ther