YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed she will run for a parliamentary seat in April byelections.
Party spokesman Nyan Win said Tuesday that the Nobel Peace Prize winner announced during a party meeting that she will seek a seat in suburban Yangon, Myanmar's largest city and her hometown.
Suu Kyi's presence will add star power and significance to upcoming byelections that will be held nearly one year after nominally democratic elections ended a half century of military rule.
Her National League for Democracy Party decided to rejoin electoral politics amid signs that the new government is easing years of repression.
