Nobel Prize 'made me feel real', says Suu Kyi

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland.

Nobel Prize 'made me feel real', says Suu Kyi

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said the Nobel Peace Prize she won while under house arrest 21 years ago helped to shatter her sense of isolation and ensured that the world would demand democracy in her military-controlled homeland.

Ms Suu Kyi spoke about her time under house arrest as she began her long-delayed acceptance speech to the Norwegian Nobel Committee inside Oslo City Hall.

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