Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Drops 2 Cabinet Posts

Myanmar's ruling party leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has given up two of her cabinet positions, freeing her up to potentially take on a prime minister-like post the party wants to create for her. Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from the presidency but has promised to rule the country through President Htin Kyaw, a longtime friend and confidant sworn in last month. The longtime democracy leader initially took four cabinet positions in the new government, which is dominated...

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