Archive for June 26th, 2009
World focus on Burma (26 June 2009)
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Sri Lankan astrologer arrested after predicting President …
UN envoy to meet military junta, perhaps Aung San Suu Kyi
AsiaNews.it –
It is not clear whether he will be able to see opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under arrest. A hearing in her current trial was scheduled to …
Shoot first, talk later in Myanmar
MorungExpress – Brian McCartan –
Saw Em Wee, a 43-year-old Karen villager, said, “The Burmese army came to both sides of our village. We were afraid to be used as porters or to walk in …
Burma (Myanmar) presses rebels in bid to eliminate armed opposition
UN envoy arrives in Burma on Suu Kyi mission
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The Standard – - UN envoy presses Burma on freedoms Brisbane Times –
- UN special envoy begins visit to Burma Mizzima.com –
- Gambari in Naypyidaw The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
- UN Envoy Arrives in Burma Voice of America –
- UN Troubleshooter In Myanmar For Talks With Junta EasyBourse.com –
- UN envoy arrives in Burma for talks InTheNews.co.uk –
- Officials: UN envoy arrives in Myanmar The Associated Press
- UN envoy Gambari arrives in Burma Democratic Voice of Burma –
In pictures: Burma’s tunnel network
North Korea Vows Nuke Attack if Provoked
Torture the only tool for investigation
More than Half of Myitkyina Uni Students Addicted: KNG
Court adjourns Suu Kyi’s trial to July 3
Making sense of Burma’s new capital
Op-Ed Contributor Don’t Moon Over Burma
Tunnel Construction Pictures Spark Questions
The Irrawaddy News Magazine – Min Lwin –
According to a MoU signed between Burma and North Korea which has been obtained by The Irrawaddy, Burma plans to build a military headquarter facility with …
Raising awareness of political prisoners
Mentally-ill Missourian accidentally alters the course of history
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Tenasserim hydropower project under survey
Mizzima.com – Ko Shwe –
… Light of Myanmar, a state-run daily newspaper, a signing ceremony for the Tenasserim hydropower project was held on October 9, 2008, between the Burmese …
INFORMATION WARFARE: God Versus The Internet
Strategy Page –
Burma (Myanmar) shut down all Internet access, and all cell phone service, in September, 2007, in the face of urban unrest. This left only those with …
MediaWATCH: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett Die
Phuketwan –
US officials have said they believe the Kang Nam could be heading to Burma, carrying weapons in defiance of a UN embargo. Now the Burmese government has …
Inside Burma: ‘They can’t tell what’s true anymore’
Guardian Weekly –
It doesn’t look like imprisoning Aung San Suu Kyi is going to generate protests inside the country; she was barely discussed, not like the way she used to …
Why Burma May Be North Korea’s Best Friend
TIME – Ishaan Tharoor –
Its cargo is unknown; Burma’s state newspaper claims authorities expect the arrival of a “rice-bearing” North Korean vessel, though most news reports …
N.Korean Cargo Ship ‘Approaching Moment of Truth’
조선일보(영문판) –
“The moment is approaching when the North Korea sanctions framework led by the US and North Korean provocations collide,” a government official said …
US Biding Its Time Over Suspicious N.Korean Ship
조선일보(영문판) –
Radio Free Asia, meanwhile, reported that chances are that the Kangnam is carrying North Korean weapons and will exchange them for food in Burma. …
Humanitarian crisis brewing for Burma’s Karen people
Radio Australia –
Burma’s exiled democracy movement has warned of a humanitarian crisis on the doorstep of regional countries, if they ignore attacks by the Burmese military …
Looking ahead
USA Today –
The trial of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to resume after a month-long hiatus. She is accused of violating house arrest by sheltering an …
Movie Review: Bravery fills secret dispatches in ‘Burma VJ’
Providence Journal – A. O. Scott –
… electoral defeat by Aung San Suu Kyi by cracking down ruthlessly on the citizens of the country that nearly everyone in this film pointedly calls Burma, …
Movie Review: Bravery fills secret dispatches in ‘Burma VJ’
Providence Journal – A. O. Scott –
Myanmar’s normally quiescent Buddhist monks emerge as the symbolic and strategic linchpin of anti-government activity, and images of their defiance spread …
Burma VJ – Candid cameras
Independent –
The purpose of the evening was to gather support for the country’s pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, who celebrated her …
Myanmar Monk in Maine to Promote Film about 2007 Uprising
MPBN News – Josie Huang –
The election protests in Iran have conjured up images of a similar uprising in 2007, in Myanmar, the former Burma, where Buddhist monks led marches against …
WAR ON DE-MINING
Daily Mirror –
… has its front organizations now operating from countries that also include India, Botswana, Burma, Cambodia, Denmark, Germany, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, …
Save Burma 