myanmar polls

Uncertainty surrounds handover of power in the Southeast Asian nation

Detractors say her reputation as human rights icon has diminished in recent years

Artists and journalists carry physical and emotional scars of languishing behind bars under decades of military rule

Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD needs 67 per cent of the contested seats to form a majority

Her NLD party believes fair vote will power it into government after decades-long struggle against army dictatorship

Sunday's election has been accompanied by crescendo in anti-Muslim sentiment led by hard-core of Buddhist monks