Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the National League for Democracy and winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, was finally released after being under house arrest for nearly 15 years. However, it is not certain why the Burmese military dictatorship decided to release her when they could easily have kept her imprisoned. The BBC offers an analysis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11774522[