NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she’ll travel to the United States in September to accept an award from an American think tank. The Atlantic Council issued a statement saying it will present Suu Kyi with its Global Citizenship award on September 21. The Washington-based think tank says the award is meant to recognize "visionary global leaders." Suu Kyi told The Associated Press in Naypyitaw, the capital of Myanmar, also known as Burma, that she would travel to the U.S. to receive the award. The leader of the country’s pro-democracy movement has spent most of the last 20 years under house arrest in Myanmar. She was freed in late 2010 and elected to parliament in a recent by-election.

BEIJING (AP) — China has rolled out the red carpet for its newest city, on a small, remote island in the South China Sea that is also claimed by Vietnam. Beijing formally established the city of Sansha to bolster its claim on the sea’s oil- and gas-rich waters. The move is likely to anger China’s neighbors and competing claimants in a dispute that has at times led to maritime standoffs. Official broadcaster China Central Television aired the ceremony live, with speeches from Sansha’s newly appointed mayor and other officials. Blustery island winds buffeted palm trees as officials trumpeted Sansha’s important role in protecting China’s sovereignty. Sansha is 13 hours from the mainland by boat. It has a post office, bank, supermarket, and hospital, but little else.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s players’ association has threatened to boycott the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) because calls for a larger share of tournament revenue were not met. Japan is the two-time defending champion but its players’ union is not satisfied with the division of sponsorship and merchandising revenues. The tournament is organized by Major League Baseball (MLB). "We made our demands to the organizers a year and half ago," said Takahiro Arai, chairman of the players’ union. "But we have yet to get a response and since it appears one is not coming we are forced to take this stance." Japan made similar threats before the 2009 tournament but eventually took part to defend the title it won in the inaugural tournament in 2006. While most of the team is made up of players from Nippon Professional Baseball, MLB players such as Daisuke Matsuzaka and Ichiro Suzuki have participated. A total of 28 teams are scheduled to take part in the 2013 WBC with Japan hosting the first round.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An updated version of North Korea’s elaborate Arirang performance has opened in Pyongyang. The August 1 performance featured up to 100,000 North Koreans and debuted routines set to odes to new leader Kim Jong Un. It’s the first Arirang since Kim came to power after his father, Kim Jong Il, died in December. The mass performance with dancing and gymnastics is named after a Korean folk song. Performers this year included children tumbling across May Day Stadium and students who create a huge moving backdrop of images set to music.