Aung San Suu Kyi says she wants to run for president

Aung San Suu Kyi AP

NAYPYIDAW—Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Thursday that she wanted to lead the country after the next election due in 2015.

“I want to run for president and I’m quite frank about it,” the veteran democracy activist told delegates at the World Economic Forum on East Asia in the capital Naypyidaw.