and the hope that now grows in burma is a tribute to aung san suu kyi.olate and silence one woman. it must have seemed an easy task. instead, the regime encountered an immove bl object -- immovable object, and its legitimacy broke against her character. she became a symbol of courage, perseverance and defiance, a symbol that integrity was still possible in burma, and the symbol became an inspiration for activists, monks and millions around the world. when her long isolation ended, some of us have finally met aung san suu kyi in person and found not a symbol, but a woman of tremendous humor, honesty and grace. and that's only increased our admiration. when political prisoners are freed and normal political life revives, it's the start of new tasks. burma has needed her courage and patience. now it needs her wisdom and leadership. in the work of reform and reconciliation. her contribution to burma is decades only and just beginning. today our country honors an exceptional woman who became the mother of her country, and we pledge our support in the work ahe

myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi. nhk world's soichi tsukamoto has more from seoul. >> reporter: last year aung san suu kyi traveled for the first time since long periods of house arrest. now on her first visit to southeast asia since being elected to parliament she is asking her korean hosts to support myanmar's democratization as the country is still in its infancy. >> you will be in a better position to help other peoples everywhere. when we talk about peace and prosperity in our country, we're not talking about it just for our people. but for human beings the world over. >> reporter: park geun-hye and aung san suu kyi have similar backgrounds. both grew up as the daughters of the top politicians in their respective countries. and both of their fathers were assassinated. the president-elect of korea says she feels a strong connection with the nobel laureate and praises her achievements. >> translator: i admire your long-term dedication to the cause of democracy in your country and the sacrifices you have made. i kn

aung san suu kyi has expressed her intention to visit japan as soon as march. now, myanmar's opposition leader is the icon of the country's push towards democracy. she is expected to ask tokyo to support her cause. aung san suu kyi told an nhk reporter at the parliament in the capital on friday that she received an invitation from the japanese government. the visit would be her first to japan in 27 years. she stayed in japan from 1985 to 1986 as a guest researcher at the center for southeast asian studies of kyoto university. aung san suu kyi won the nobel peace prize in 1991 for promoting democracy and human rights. she spent many years under house arrest during myanmar's former military government. and last april she was elected to the lower house of parliament in an election. since then she has visited various countries, including the united states. she used those visits to seek international support for reform in myanmar. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai is meeting barack obama at the white house on friday. it will be a critical meeting to negotiate

aung san suu kyi has expressed her intention to visit japan as soon as march. now, myanmar's opposition leader is the icon of the country's push towards democracy. she is expected to ask tokyo to support her cause. aung san suu kyi told an nhk reporter at the parliament in the capital on friday that she received an invitation from the japanese government. the visit would be her first to japan in 27 years. she stayed in japan from 1985 to 1986 as a guest researcher at the center for southeast asian studies of kyoto university. aung san suu kyi won the nobel peace prize in 1991 for promoting democracy and human rights. she spent many years under house arrest during myanmar's former military government. and last april she was elected to the lower house of parliament in an election. since then she has visited various countries, including the united states. she used those visits to seek international support for reform in myanmar. >>> afghanistan's president hamid karzai is meeting barack obama at the white house on friday. it will be a critical meeting to negotiate

. >> reporter: last year, aung san suu kyi traveled after a long period of house arrest. now since being elected to parliament she's asking her korean colleagues to support myanmar's democratization and the country is still in its infancy. >> we shall be in a better position to help other peoples every where. when we talk about peace and prosperity in our country we're not talking about just for our people, built for human beings the world over. >> reporter: they have similar background. both grew up as the daughters of political leaders in their respective countries and both fathers were assassinated. the president-elect of korea says shelves a strong connection and praises her achievements. >> translator: i admire your long term dedication to the cause of democracy in your country and the sacrifices you have made. i know what life is like when you decide to give up your own happiness and to treat your people as your own family. >> reporter: myanmar has been called the last frontier of asia with some countries, japan, china are among those vying to make economic inroads

little embarrassing and humble a percent of the bow goes to myanmar opposition leader aung san suu kyi. thousands of doctors have marched through madrid in the first spanish protest of twenty thirteen there angered by the government's plans to partly private eyes the national health service and the latest move to cut the budget and dig the country out of debt but investment advisor patrick young says spain's economy is out of control. there's really absolutely nothing that can be done about the current spanish situation the government is affectively running a deficit or running to divide nine percent of g.d.p. and three year that's a huge number spain has the tenth biggest deficit on the planet of any country and effectively it's hemorrhaging money at the moment because the budgets were made in the good old days when property markets were going through the roof not days nobody can sell a property nobody can manage to get a job and obviously the government simply doesn't have the money even for essential facilities like health care clearly there is a concern amongst the doctors that you

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how do you determine who may be able to find refuse within the region as opposed to the aung san suu kyi the only source of refuge spent this is certainly a diplomatic and diplomatic effort. so what -- hundred will provide asylum for refugees as they see fit. that all countries are able to provide long-term support. and so that's something that we will engage bilaterally with, in terms of government, but we will also work multilaterally through the u.n. and other partners to see, so for example, syria, you bring up certain refugees. syrian refugees right now have moved into principally turkey and lebanon but moving also into jordan. those countries are hosting those refugees and we're supporting that effort. in the refugee, 99% of the refugees in this world would like to go home. as great a place as the united states or canada are for resettlement. the first preference is to go home to their families and their own country. so what we tried it is to support the effort to help people. right now again in turkey and lebanon and jordan, to remain in those places come to have protection, have