December 21, 2015

Top global newsmakers this year

From global power players acting out of character to underdogs taking on entire regimes, 2015 saw some stunning comebacks, upsets and turnarounds.

1 STAGGERING CHALLENGES FOLLOW A STUNNING WIN
AUNG SAN SUU KYI
MYANMAR PRO-DEMOCRACY ICON

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent close to two decades in detention under successive military regimes in Myanmar, led her party to a resounding win in the Nov 8 general election.

To millions of her supporters, The Lady - who won the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1991 for her single-minded defiance of the erstwhile military dictatorship - finally got her due.

But the ultimate test lies ahead for Ms Suu Kyi once she forms a government at the end of March next year: How to deliver on expectations in running a diverse and fractious country of some 50 million while leading a party - the National League for Democracy - that has never held power. (Courtesy of The Straits Times)

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