Across Asia: Myanmar

US official visits Suu Kyi

US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell met detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday.

Campbell and his deputy, Scot Marciel, are the highest-level Americans to visit Myanmar since 1995. Their two-day trip, which included talks with senior government officials, stems from a new US policy that reverses the Bush administration's isolation of Myanmar in favor of dialogue with a country that has been ruled by the military since 1962.