South Korea foundation scraps award for Suu Kyi

Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech during the Myanmar Entrepreneurship Summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

SEOUL: One of South Korean largest human rights groups will strip Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi (pic) of its 2004 prize due to her “indifference” to the atrocities against the Rohingya minority, organisers said.

Suu Kyi was unable to receive the Gwangju human rights award at the time because she was under house arrest by the military junta.