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Korean Lookalike Caged in Suu Kyi Trial Protest
Korean Lookalike Caged in Suu Kyi Trial Protest
Outpouring of emotion as Thai activists reenact Aung San Suu Kyi imprisonment
Korean activist Soojin Jeon reenacting Aung San Suu Kyi’s imprisonment in Insein Prison during a protest near the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok, Monday. ©2009 Bidhayak Das
Published 2009-05-19 10:45 (KST)
Bangkok — Even as Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi was facing fresh trial for alleged violating security laws by “allowing” US national John Yettaw to spend two days at her residence, far away in the Thailand capital on Monday, there were emotive scenes as a young Korean activist — a near look alike of the Burmese icon — forced people to think of what could be the untold reality.
Dressed in a traditional Burmese Sarong, Soojin Jeon, caught the attention of the world media as she spent moments inside an iron cage (representing a prison) during a demonstration to protest the new charges facing Aung San Suu Kyi, in front of the Burmese Embassy near the 132 Sathorn Nua Road in Bangkok.
It was almost as if the Burmese leader was at a very comfortable proximity to the people and she could air her feelings to the people and the media. In fact many in the crowd that gathered for this Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB) wanted to keep it that way.
“Why not? If this brings more attention and the focus on the Burmese leader who has been tricked by the military junta that is doing everything to falsely implicate her so that she is not able to participate in the elections that is due in 2010,” is how Somsri Hananuntasuk, a human rights activist, described the somewhat emotional moments at Sathorn Nua.
In fact, it was a pleasant surprise for Jeon when people called her “Suu Kyi.” Perhaps it will be a moment that she will always treasure.
©2009 Bidhayak Das
©2009 Bidhayak Das
Her replies to the curious reporters from different news channels and newspapers were simple and precise.
“I want people and governments all over the world to realize that it is time to put an end to the junta’s harsh ways against Aung San Suu Kyi and all the democracy loving people of Burma.”
Though she was conscious of the fact that she resembles the Burmese leader and thus was a centre of the attraction, she displayed a strong resolution to remain calm and continue to help bring the protest to the media.
In fact, demonstrations and protests against the Burmese junta’s charges against Aug San Suu Kyi are being organised in different parts of the world, but given the fact that as a key member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) — besides being a neighbouring country — Thailand’s support for democracy in Burma is crucial.
Though by convention ASEAN members do not interfere in other nations’ internal affairs, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday raised concerns about Aung San Suu Kyi’s health and the country’s long delayed “roadmap” to democracy.
In recent days Thailand’s government has stepped up efforts to press the Burmese junta on the details concerning the US citizen’s arrival at Aung San Suu Kyi’s house. Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Promoya has gone on record saying, “What we would like to know is what the truth is, what the intent of the US man is, how could he pass the security guards surrounding Mrs. Suu Kyi’s house, who is behind this and is there some sort of conspiracy?”
In fact, this is the second time that the Yettaw managed to swim across to the Burmese leader’s lakeside house. He attempted to meet her last year, too.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer Kyi Win has been quoted in the media as saying that Yettaw had come to meet her in November last year. However, he was refused and asked to leave. The matter was reported to the authorities.
Protesters hold up banners and placards during a protest near the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok, Monday. The demonstration was organised by human rights groups from Thailand.
©2009 Bidhayak Das
Indian foreign student Bisdak Das is in the International Relations (NGO studies) program at SungKongHoe University, Seoul.
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World focus on Burma (4 May 2009)
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Repression Continues Since Burma Cyclone
OneWorld.net –
To read more about what groups responded and how, see OneWorld.net’s Burma cyclone crisis alert. “Burma, also known as Myanmar, is ruled by a military junta …
Complications arise in fish paste recall effort
FIS.com (Registro) –
The Ministry of Health’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Myanmar… announced the presence of the dye Rhodamine B in fish paste in newspapers on Friday,
Weak public health care, invitation to disaster: Medical expert
Mizzima.com –
Burma’s state-run newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar, on Sunday and Monday carried photographs of medical staff carrying out checks on travellers in …
ASEAN finds new purpose with Cyclone Nargis response
ReliefWeb (press release) –
With thousands of lives at risk because of the Myanmar junta’s resistance to foreign intervention, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations stepped in …
A look back at Cyclone Nargis
Toronto Star –
Cyclone Nargis swept across southern Myanmar on the evening of May 2, 2008, leaving a trail of death and destruction before tapering off the next day. …
Myanmar Has The Greatest Repression Of Bloggers
Digitaltrends.com –
The junta ruling Myanmar blocked all Internet access for a while during uprisings in 2007. Coming second on the list is Iran, where blogger Omid Mir Sayafi …
Cyclone Nargis: One year on, 21 people imprisoned for helping the …
Amnesty International –
4 mei 2009 One year after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, 21 people remain behind bars for their cyclone relief efforts. Amnesty International calls on …
Asian countries test out disaster relief preparedness plans
Channel News Asia –
It was through the region’s efforts that helped to convince the government in Myanmar to allow access to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. …
World Press Freedom Day in Thailand
Mizzima.com –
In the middle of April, Sondhi Limthongkul, leader of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) movement, who is anti former Thai Prime Minister, …
New study documents the world’s ten worst web oppressors
Menassat –
While Burma, China and Vietnam mark the worst blogging nations in Asia according to the report, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt were named the …
EU-Japan Calls for Progressive Changes in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
… in 2010 “could be welcomed by the international community if they were based on an inclusive dialogue among all stakeholders in [Myanmar Burma]. …
A Mature Response
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
By YENI At its special two-day national party meeting last week, Burma’s Democracy (NLD), indicated that it main opposition party, the National League for …
Armed Ceasefire Groups to be ‘Border Guard Force’
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
Representatives of the Burmese junta told ceasefire group officials at various meetings that discussions on troop mobilization will be held at a later date. …
Trauma and anxiety hampers cyclone recovery
Mizzima.com –
“Everyone was saying how resilient the people of Myanmar are,” said Brian Agland, country director for the aid agency CARE in Burma. “While that is true, …
Asian countries test out disaster relief preparedness plans
Channel News Asia –
It was through the region’s efforts that helped to convince the government in Myanmar to allow access to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. …
Nyan Win Calls in Cuba for End to Sanctions
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
Burma’s state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported on Nyan Win’s speech on Monday, saying he spoke last week to a ministerial meeting of the …
An Emirati’s riposte to Dubai’s detractors
Maktoob Business (press release) –
… as young as 16 into its Army and ships them off battlegrounds in Iraq and Afghanistan, putting it in the same league as African dictatorships and Burma. …
Trauma and anxiety hampers cyclone recovery
Mizzima.com –
“Everyone was saying how resilient the people of Myanmar are,” said Brian Agland, country director for the aid agency CARE in Burma. “While that is true, …
Contaminated Shrimp Paste Brands Banned in Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
By ARKAR MOE Burma’s Ministry of Health has banned the sale of 37 brands of shrimp paste, warning that they contain a dangerous chemical dye. …
Junta Censors Nargis Anniversary Reports
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
By MIN LWIN Burma’s Press Scrutiny and Registration Division (PSRD) has severely restricted Rangoon weekly journals publishing reports marking the …
Recession, US law hit jewellery exports
เดอะ เนชั่น –
Somjate and deputy director Anthony Brooke said the impact of the US legislation, aimed at slapping economic sanctions against the Burmese junta, …
One Year After Myanmar Cyclone, 21 People Remain Imprisoned for …
PR-USA.net (press release) –
… to help their fellow Burmese,” Zawacki said. “Indirectly they have also become victims of the cyclone.” Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on May 2-3, 2008. …
Five years in prison for ex-police officer
Narinjara News –
According to lawyers, the judge sentenced him to a long term in prison, charging him under a Section of Act 13 (1) of the Burmese Immigration Law. …
Shan group calls for worker registration
Shan Herald Agency for News –
Burmese migrant workers should be screened before they enter the Thai workforce, an activist says. Saengmuang Maungkorn, chairman of the Chiang Mai-based …
The gruesome truth: Children used as human bombs
Sunday Times.lk –
… Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, the Philippines, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Uganda. The recruitment of child soldiers by government forces are mostly in Myanmar, …
Norway doubles Burma-support
ScandAsia.com –
By Charlotte Lund Dideriksen International aid groups said yesterday they were planning to test Burma’s commitment to open up to foreign aid workers, …
How Scots’ donations have helped Burmese survive since cyclone hit
Scotsman –
In the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, it was feared that the ruling military junta was hampering the aid effort by confiscating supplies. …
Difficult to recall banned fish paste from market
Mizzima.com –
by May Kyaw Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – It has become difficult to recall banned fish paste products from the shelves of shops though the Burmese military junta …
Junta to Wa: Ceasefire days are over
Shan Herald Agency for News –
Burma’s ruling junta has been on an uneasy truce with most of the armed opposition groups since 1989. To which Xiao Minliang, the “Wa State Government” Vice …
Security Tightened on Western Border
Narinjara News –
Maungdaw: Security is being tightened on the western Burmese border with additional armed forces being deployed along the border and the Buthidaung …
Did the cyclone change Burma’s junta?
BBC News –
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is still in detention, as are thousands of other political prisoners – including 21 whom Amnesty International says were …
The lessons of Cyclone Nargis
منظمة هيومان رايتس ووتش – حقوق الانسان –
Having lost an election to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy in 1988, the military wasn’t taking any chances. The new constitution was …
Monday, May 11
eTaiwan News –
1824 – British forces take Rangoon in Burma _ now Myanmar _ during the first Anglo-Burmese war. 1860 – The Expedition of the Thousand under Giuseppe …
Survival of the fittest in wake of deadly storm
New Zealand Herald –
The military regime that rules Myanmar (previously Burma) was widely condemned for denying foreign aid agencies access for the first weeks after the …
Inside Burma’s lost village
The Sun –
Andrew Kirkwood, Save the Children’s Country Director for MyanmarBurma) says: “The hundreds of thousands of children who survived Burma’s deadly cyclone …
Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!
Christian Science Monitor –
Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, China, Vietnam, and Tunisia. Most nations are governed by leaders afraid of democracy and the ideas …
Unexpected Karmic Consequences
Huffington Post –
… sides of the Vietnam conflict, and Aung Sang Su Kyi’s non violent stand against the Burmese Junta all demonstrate the enactment of an extreme principle. …
The big challenge – how to help the Burmese, not the junta
เดอะ เนชั่น –
The key indicator would be the release of political prisoners and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The anti-sanction proponents have already criticised …
Other Storm Anniversaries This Weekend
AccuWeather.com –
It is also the anniversary of Tropical Cyclone Nargis, the deadliest storm ever in Myanmar (Burma), occuring last year. Below is a reprint of our Weather …
World focus on Burma (17 April 2009)
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People move to higher grounds in fear of ‘Bijli’
Mizzima.com –
Many died when Cyclone Nargis swept the area. There are no boats now to go to Pathein and other places. Now we are getting ready with our belongings,” she …
Childhood statelessness
Media Monitors Network –
The Burmese government also disavows responsibility. Not recognised by either Burma or Thailand, this child is stateless. Children of Mauritanian refugees …
Bangladesh raises Rohingya issue in Bali
Mizzima.com –
“Bangladesh with its limited resources had done more than enough for the refugees from Myanmar over the last three decades. Myanmar [Burma] must now take …
Bali process failed to solve Rohingya boatpeople issue: AI
Mizzima.com –
“An obstacle for the summit in producing a sustainable means to resolve the problem was the position taken by Myanmar [Burma] regarding the Rohingya people …
Myanmar’s Rohingya Tribe Has Nowhere to Go
동아일보 –
Indonesia also sought to expel the refugees to Myanmar, but decided to accommodate them at refuge camps in the face of strong international criticism. …
Comedians Work Around Ban
自由亚洲电视 –
Lu Maw said the ban was sparked by a performance at the compound of Nobel laureate and opposition party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, currently under house …
WACC Statement on Censorship in Fiji
Worldwide Faith News (press release) –
Reporters Without Borders has also stated that ‘The military government is heading dangerously towards a Burmese-style system in which the media are …
Philippines Urges Release of Burmese Opposition Leader
Voice of America –
By VOA News Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has called on Burma’s military government to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house …
Philippine leader calls on Myanmar to release Suu Kyi
AFP –
MANILA (AFP) — Philippine President Gloria Arroyo called on Myanmar to release detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a recent meeting with Prime …
Thousands leave as Bangladesh braces for Bijli
CBC.ca –
In neighbouring Myanmar, also known as Burma, residents along the coast were being urged to stay away from the sea over the next two days while the storm …
JRS Dispatches No. 257
ReliefWeb (press release) –
Walter Kaelin, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (idps), spoke of his concern for the large …
GMA asks Myanmar leader to free Aung San Suu Kyi in May–DFA
Manila Times –
By Llanesca T. Panti, Reporter President Gloria Arroyo called on Myanmar to release its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi by next month, the Department of …
Earth from Space: Vietnam’s ‘rice bowl’
Space Fellowship –
… Plateau to the South China Sea, the Mekong River flows some 4000 km through six nations – China, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. …
The West needs to stop being taken for a ride by China
Spectator.co.uk –
It has undermined Western efforts to deal with the junta in Burma, punish Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe in or sort out Sudan’s genocidaires. …
MYANMAR: Key Asian meeting fails to resolve Rohingya issue
IRINnews.org –
The Rohingyas, a mainly Muslim minority with a distinct culture and language, have been fleeing persecution at the hands of Myanmar’s military-led …
Burma braces for Cyclone Bijli – direct hit unlikely
Mizzima.com –
But he added, “So far there is no prediction that it will hit Myanmar [Burma].” Cyclone Bijli, expected to make a landfall on Saturday, is likely to dilute …
How I was barred from reporting Tamil Tiger conflict
Times Online –
For the record, other countries where foreign journalists regularly have to pose as tourists include Zimbabwe, Turkmenistan, North Korea and Burma. …
A day for remembrance
The Age –
I ask as the son of a serviceman who was fortunate to survive captivity and the experience of the Burma Railway during World War II. …
Junta Chief’s grandson enjoys Water Festival
Mizzima.com –
by Mizzima News Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma’s military supremo Snr. Gen Than Shwe’s pampered grandson, Pho Lah Pyae, apparently had the time of his life, …
Cyclone Bijli Expected to Hit Burma This Weekend
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
Burma’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology forecast that the cyclone would hit the western coast of Burma late Saturday afternoon. …
Burma’s Economic Growth to Slow in 2009: ADB
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
“It is also likely to reduce remittances from Myanmar workers [in those countries]” the ADB noted in the report. The ADB predicted Burma’s Gross Domestic …
UWSA Leader Calls for ‘Solid, United’ Wa State
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
By WAI MOE The leader of Burma’s largest armed ethnic group, the United Wa State Army (UWSA), vowed to strengthen Wa State as thousands of Wa people …
Kachin Christians forced to pay tax for Buddhist holiday
AsiaNews.it –
… in Kachin State (northern Myanmar) to make a “donation” for Thingyan, the Buddhist Water Festival, which marks the start of the Burmese New Year, …
Thai media baron and PAD leader shot
Mizzima.com –
According to a report in Manager Websites on Thursday, the officials along the Thailand–Burma border, raised surveillance because they believed that some …
Mahn Sha’s Daughter Writes Her Autobiography
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
Her mother was a guerrilla soldier, her father a freedom activist. Zoya lived in a bamboo hut on stilts by the Moei River, on the Burmese-Thai border. …
‘People of Burma’ sessions slated for today in Greeley
Greeley Tribune –
Two presentations on “The People of Burma,” are scheduled today to pass along information about hundreds of Greeley newcomers from Myanmar, the former Burma …
Arroyo offers Philippines as a model for Burma
Mizzima.com –
In a statement released today by the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, Arroyo is quoted as saying, “Like Myanmar, the Philippines has over a …
Burmese Join in Praise for Abhisit’s Crisis Strategy
The Irrawaddy News Magazine –
Burma’s generals, who insisted they were practicing “disciplined democracy” when they suppressed protesters in Rangoon, must have trained keen eyes on how …
Are You on the President’s Enemies List?
Human Events –
We have become accustomed to authoritarian regimes in places like China, Burma and Cuba being so afraid of their own people that they see the greatest …
The bodyguard of Aung San Suu Kyi
Foreign Policy Journal –
The National League for Democracy (NLD) leader was asked by Clements how Burma could achieve a democratic revolution through non-violence and overcome a …
Class War in Thailand
Korea Times –
Thailand’s democracy is less than 20 years old, and it was the growing Thai middle class that made it happen ― just as it was the middle class in European …
Philippine leader calls for Suu Kyi’s release next month
TopNews –
Manila- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has urged Myanmar’s ruling junta to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi next month to boost …
Philippine NGO to host Asia- Europe inter-faith retreat and dialogue
Mindanao Examiner –
IID has been in the forefront of advocating peace, self-determination and democracy issues in the region including those of Mindanao, East Timor and Burma. …
The Case for Coherence in Canada’s Relations With China
The Epoch Times –
The attempted crushing of democracy movements, truthful journalists, Buddhist, Falun Gong, Christian, Muslim and other independent faith groups, …
Arroyo urges Myanmar junta to free pro-democracy leader
GulfNews –
AP Manila: The Philippine president has urged Myanmar’s junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest next month as a gesture of …
Arroyo urges Myanmar to free Aung San Suu Kyi
GMA news.tv –
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president has urged Myanmar’s military junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest next month …
Cyclone Bijli moving toward Burma
Mizzima.com –
… having formed earlier in the week in the Bay of Bengal, is now advancing in the direction of the Burma-Bangladesh border region. …
A World Drowning in Laws: Harold Koh’s Transnationalism
The New Ledger –
Under this doctrine, any supplier would be entirely within their rights to sell all conventional weaponry to the People’s Republic of China, Iran, or Burma. …
Video: Shan Medical Mission (Part 1)
Foreign Policy Journal –
… of Burma experience explain the conflict. “What these children need most is the one thing no one can give them right now, freedom for their country. …
Lighting a fire with film
The Daily Planet –
“Burma, VJ.” This documentary was pieced together using footage from small handycams shot by undercover video journalists in oppressive Burma during a …
Not another critter story!
Tampa Tribune –
This one was about the Burmese python; the story reported under the headline, “Florida’s Big Problem: Snakes in the Grass are Big as Phone Poles. …
World politics
Bugle-Observer –
Thailand’s democracy is less than 20 years old, and it was the growing Thai middle class that made it happen – just as it was the middle class in European …
Thailand: Nine new charges against Prachatai webmaster
Global Voices Online –
How is Thailand different from Burma? FACT demands all charges against Chiranuch Premchaiporn be withdrawn! Free media, free Thailand!
Is Obama right to skip UN Rights Conference? Two views
Atlanta Journal Constitution –
Nearly two years after their widely publicized nonviolent protests, the people of Burma remain under the boot of dictatorship. …
POST BAG Most free by far
Bangkok Post –
… Burma: a dictatorship; Cambodia: opposition leader chased into exile; Brunei: absolute monarchy; Indonesia: still emerging from dictatorship. Democracy …
NASA Experiment Stirs Up Hope For Forecasting Deadliest Cyclones
Science Daily (press release) –
When it made landfall in Burma (Myanmar) on May 2, the storm and its surge killed more than 135000 people, displaced tens of thousands, and destroyed about …
VIEW: Indonesia’s flourishing democracy —Farish A Noor
Daily Times –
While the governments of other ASEAN countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Burma/Myanmar continue down the path of measured authoritarianism, with dominant …
Violent start to Indian election as rebels kill 17
Independent –
“People want democracy to triumph,” said Tarun Gogoi, the senior official in Assam, which has been persistently hit by insurgency. …
Eritrea: The world’s biggest prison
guardian.co.uk –
The country has bad relations with all its neighbours, apart from Sudan; like North Korea or Burma, it has turned from the world. …
Boat People From Myanmar Face an Uncertain Future in Indonesia Camps
New York Times –
“In Myanmar, if we pray we are killed,” said Alam Shah, 38, a member of the Rohingya Muslim minority who fled predominantly Buddhist Myanmar… last year.
They Came From Horrorwood: Ackerman Items on the Block
New York Times –
She amassed wooden scripture chests from Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar) by the dozen, their walls inlaid with tiny mirrors. (Estimates range from $100 to …
Portraits From the Inside
Express from The Washington Post –
The Burma-born artist’s new show, “Six Years and Eight Months,” at G Fine Art, focuses on inmates at a Peruvian women’s prison. Shown in Chao’s signature …
US states cutting all financial links to Iran
The National –
… struck down a Massachusetts bill that effectively barred companies doing business with Myanmar (then named Burma) from being awarded state contracts. …
Chernov’s choice
St.Petersburg Times.ru –
Birkin campaigns to help political prisoners in Burma, and supports a number of activities aimed at helping people in Chechnya. Information about her causes …
THAILAND Church centers go against the tide to help children of …
Union of Catholic Asian News –
The Thai priest is director of Maria Learning Center in Ranong, a province that borders the southern tip of Myanmar (formerly Burma). …
After Guantanamo: time to cut the wire around Cuba
Financial Times –
They can take holidays in Syria or Burma. But the short boat trip to Havana could land them in the US courts. There are loopholes, of course. …
A Radically Inclusive Int’l Film Festival Heavenly Sent!
San Francisco Bay Times –
Top of my list is the documentary, Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (5/1, 5/2, Kabuki; 5/6, PFA) and the Turkish film feature Autumn (5/2, Clay; …
Brad’s school run causes chaos
Stuff.co.nz –
While there has been speculation Brad and Angelina may adopt a child from Myanmar – formerly known as Burma – or India, the pair sparked rumours they are …
Another Myanmar Cyclone, nasa’s 3-D Forecast
AccuWeather.com –
Cyclone 01B is headed towards Myanmar (Burma – wikipedia) today; forecast information is available in our Weather Headlines (PREMIUM | PRO) or you can also …
P400-million noodles to feed pupils one measly meal
Philippine Star –
Famine grips Bangladesh and Burma. China is flexing naval muscle in seas east and south of mainland, and battering Tibet. Thailand is on the brink of civil …
World focus on Burma (28 March 2009)
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Burma blames dissident groups for bomb blast
Brisbane Times –
The New Light of Myanmar (Burma), a mouthpiece for the military government, said the explosion at a city guesthouse on the eve of an annual military parade …
Myanmar’s junta blames dissidents for blast
International Herald Tribune –
… group were believed to have links to the blast. A spokesman for the front could not immediately be reached for comment. Myanmar was formerly known as Burma.
Businessman Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Sharing Information
Narinjara News –
“He was sentenced to one year in prison as he was sending out information abroad through an exiled Burmese news agency, but authorities in Maungdaw charged …
Staying in Films on Television
California Chronicle –
… group thats been captured in Burma, and puts an end to the genocide that the evil military junta is committing against the countrys peasant folk. …
Get on the Bus for Human Rights!
Open Media Boston –
This year raise your voice in the streets or write letters from home to help free political prisoners in Burma, protect civilians in Sri Lanka, …
Rangoon Bomb Blast Kills One, Injures Two
Narinjara News –
The Burmese military junta typically blames ethnic insurgent groups and exiled democratic groups whenever an explosion such as this occurs in Burma. …
Engage With Burma
Washington Post –
… negotiating with the authoritarian regime in Burma, a country for which even the name (it’s also known as Myanmar) is in dispute in the United States. …
Obama likely to lean toward Indonesia for Burma
KanglaOnline –
… 2010 election in Burma. “The president emphasized the importance of a credible, transparent, fair and inclusive election process. He also said Myanmar …
The Thai-Burmese border has a life of its own
เดอะ เนชั่น –
Most of these groups have entered into ceasefire agreements with the Burmese junta in exchange for limited self-rule in so-called “special regions” where …
Myanmar junta open to talks after US envoy’s visit
Daily Times –
Blake met with Foreign Minister Nyan Win, representatives of ethnic minority groups and members of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party …
State Dept. reveals predecessors’ designations of freedom violators
Associated Baptist Press –
They are Burma, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Uzbekistan. Such a designation requires the administration either to implement …
Concerned about religious freedom
Jewish Telegraphic Agency –
… for their severe and egregious religious freedom violations. The Bush Administration re-designated the same eight countries it named in 2006 – Burma, …
Appeaser-in-Chief?/2
Blogosfere –
Esattamente come Obama si appresta a fare nel caso birmano (per citare solo un esempio): It was that she scanted the men and women in China (and in Burma …
China, Burma to build cross border gas pipeline
Mizzima.com –
The New Light of Myanmar, Burma’s official newspaper on Friday reported that the Burmese Energy Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi and Head of China’s National …
Blood all over the boat and three confessions… but Thai police …
Daily Mail –
By Andrew Drummond ….Grandmother Linda Robertson reacted in disbelief today after Thai prosecutors officially told her that the Burmese ‘pirates’ who beat her …
UN rights body condemns systematic abuses in Myanmar
Reuters India –
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations on Friday condemned what it called systematic human rights violations in Myanmar… and urged the
World focus on Burma (22 February 2009)
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AFP –
YANGON (AFP) — Only a handful of political detainees were among the 6300 prisoners released from military-run Myanmar’s notorious jails this weekend, …
- Breaking news: Only a few political prisoners released Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
- Burma releases over a dozen political prisoners Deutsche Welle, Germany –
- Myanmar prisoners set free in amnesty Haiti News, Haiti –
- Myanmar detainees get amnesty Aljazeera.net, Qatar –
- Myanmar releases at least 19 political prisoners Monsters and Critics.com –
- 19 political prisoners released from Myanmar jails The Associated Press –
- Political prisoners among 6000 freed in Myanmar Reuters –
- Myanmar junta begins releasing 6300 prisoners Japan Today, Japan –
US Department of State, DC –
The United States and China also need to work together to make progress on other issues of great importance to the international community, such as Burma …
The Australian, Australia –
According to a US official, she talked with the leaders about security issues, including North Korea, Iran, Burma and Zimbabwe. Ms Clinton asked China to …
Toronto Star, Canada –
… betel nut-chewing denizens of Rangoon to futile attempts to see house-imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and long looks at Buddhism, …
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
Women migrant workers from Burma are in the same plight in Thailand, said Aye, a 26-year-old Shan migrant worker. Aye said that many of her friends, …
Women’s Empowerment Is Key To Progress
US Department of State, DC –
In Burma, the valor of Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous struggle for freedom of expression and conscience. …
Royal pardon shows King’s generosity and fairness
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
Encouragingly, Ms Clinton urged China to play a positive role in Burma and Sudan, two countries that receive large amounts of Chinese investment.
Developing a Comprehensive Partnership With Indonesia
NewsBlaze, CA –
… change in Burma. *FOREIGN MINISTER WIRAJUDA:* We always discuss the issue of Myanmar in a very open and frank manner (inaudible) also within ASEAN. …
PRABA’S CHOICE Genocide or Holocaust
Nation on Sunday, Sri Lanka –
VP may have planned his escape by air too, but not to Manchuko (Japan) like it was planned for Hitler, but may be to Burma or Cambodia. He has, like Hitler, …
Rohingya: A regional problem
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
The regime refuses to accept that they are Burmese citizens. “In reality, the Rohingya are neither Myanmar people nor Myanmar’s ethnic group,” the Burmese …
CIA’s secrete Operations worldwide and drug money
Asian Tribune, Thailand –
Many top Bush administration’s officials were worried about growing influence of countries in Golden Triangle (Loas, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma) in Russian …
Ethnic Kachins defy Myanmar’s junta
GlobalPost –
The far north of Myanmar — formerly Burma — is home to the Kachins, a group of predominantly Christian tribes whose struggle against the military government …
Beginning a New Era of Diplomacy in Asia
NewsBlaze, CA –
*DR. SURIN:* Madame Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, members of the press, we welcome the Secretary of State of the United States here with 30 yellow roses …
Time running out to form effective rights body
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
“This body that is going to be created by Asean can be a tool to raise issues about Burma,” said Seng, who admitted, however, that the new regional body …
World focus on Burma (18 February 2009)
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Win Tin affirms commitment to ethnic unity
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
This is because many of those detained are elected members of parliament and leaders such as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, U Tin Oo, Khun Tun Oo, Min Ko Naing and …
NLD Reiterates Call for Dialogue
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By WAI MOE Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has reiterated its calls for unconditional dialogue between its leader, …
Wa Businessman Flees Drug Charges
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Many of Aik Hawk’s investments have been tainted by association with Burma’s booming drugs trade. In the late 1990s, Aik Hawk bought shares in Myanmar …
Than Shwe Meets Thai Army Chief
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Thai Supreme Commander Gen Songkitti Jaggabat visited Burma in January to talk with the junta on the Rohingya boat people issue. Songkitti met with Maung …
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- Burma’s junta head receives visiting Thai army chief Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
- Thai Army chief makes official visit to Myanmar
Mathaba.Net, UK –
Quintana Flies to Naypyidaw
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
… NLD has not been notified by the Burmese authorities about whether the envoy will meet with its party heads or with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi. …
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- UN rights envoy heads for Myanmar capital Reuters India, India –
- Quintana meets Burma’s Chief Justice Mizzima.com, India –
- UN rights envoy in Naypyitaw Mizzima.com, India –
- UN rights envoy Quintana meets political prisoners Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
- UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar’s military capital Monsters and Critics.com –
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
“Based on this, if the secretary-general himself comes to Burma to make the situation better, the NLD will welcome his trip in accordance with our policy of …
Burmese Junta Sees Satellite TV as Threat
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
… daily The New Light of Myanmar, and “Don’t Continuously Water a Poison Plant!” in the Burmese-language newspapers, Myanma Alin and The Mirror. …
Turning the global spotlight on landmines ‘Activist’ documentary …
Targetwire (press release), UK –
Guest panellists include Nobel Prize Winner, Jody Williams, Steve Goose, Programme Director at Human Rights Watch, and the Ambassador of Columbia.
Does US Plan Greater Engagement with Burmese Regime?
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By AUNG ZAW US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the new administration in Washington is reviewing its policy on Burma, prompting pundits to wonder …
Clinton Arrives in Indonesia
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
… she said, “We want to see a time when citizens of Burma and the Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi can live freely in their own country.”
Cookbook stirs up some satire in its ‘Axis of Evil’ recipes
Canada.com, Canada –
… “Axis of Evil” states North Korea, Iran, and Iraq; hotspots Israel, India, Pakistan, Cuba, China, Burma (Myanmar); and “Great Satan,” the United States. …
Documentary festivals feed need for non-fiction
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, United States –
He pointed to the festival entries “Burma VJ,” about video bloggers in the repressed country that’s now called Myanmar, and “Reporter,” about the New York …
Myanmar ultimately accountable for refugees
Daily Trojan Online, CA –
The problem of refugees ultimately starts with the failure of a neighboring country to recognize a group’s human rights. The Myanmar government denies the …
Panel Discussion and Art Exhibit in Support of People of Burma a …
Putnam County News and Recorder (subscription), NY –
On Valentine’s Day the world descended on Beacon, in support of the plight of Aung San Suu Kyi and the people of Burma. Beacon received them with a generous …
Clinton Offers Words of Reassurance While in Japan
New York Times, United States –
Fielding a question from a student about American economic sanctions against Myanmar, formerly Burma, Mrs. Clinton acknowledged that the policy had not …
Clinton Warns North Korea on Missile Test
조선일보(영문판), South Korea –
In Jakarta, she is expected to urge the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations to work for improved human rights in Burma. In Tokyo on Tuesday, …
Human Rights Organization Calls on UN to Intensify Efforts for change in Burma
Journal Chrétien, France –
… Secretary-General to ramp up efforts to facilitate meaningful dialogue between Burma’s military regime, the democracy movement and ethnic nationalities. …
Bangkok Post : The UN’s ‘showboat’ mission to Burma
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
He still hopes to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before he leaves the country tomorrow, according to UN sources. …
Burma Cuts Jail Terms
Radio Free Asia, DC –
Families wait for relief outside homes destroyed by Cyclone Nargis, May 5, 2008. AFP Myint Thwin also voiced concern about nine other youths detained at …
Hillary Clinton Says US Still Weighing Possible Myanmar Policy Changes
Gant Daily, PA –
“We are conducting a review of our policy,” the top US diplomat told a Tokyo University student from Burma, officially known as Myanmar, who asked whether …
Clinton Vows to Reach Out to Islamic World
Washington Post, United States –
… house arrest Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist. “We’re looking at what steps could influence the current Burmese government, …
A question of resiliency
Fiji Times, Fiji –
Recently I read an article in which the author referred to Fiji as in danger of becoming the “Burma of the South Pacific.” I was reflecting on this as I …
Clinton: US seeking more effective policy on Myanmar
RTT News, NY –
Myanmar was known as Burma, until it was changed in 1989 by the military regime. Washington’s policy on the Myanmar junta under the Bush administration was …
Campaigner tells UN: Independent verification of rights abuse needed
Mizzima.com, India –
Meanwhile, Burma’s state-run newspaper, New Light of Myanmar on Sunday accused the Karen National Union of launching shell attacks on the Thai-Burmese …
Rite seeks to absolve Thaksin of ‘past life bad karma’
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
She announced that in his previous life, Thaksin was a local warrior king who committed sins by killing his Burmese enemies and taking their money and …
Donors turn blind eye on corruption
Pacific Daily News, GU –
Then-President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, sided with Burma’s pro-democracy groups while more liberal donor groups called for engagement with Shwe. …
World focus on Burma (17 February 2009)
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Criminal minded
Index On Censorship, UK –
This is not something happening in China or in Burma, but rather in Italy, a member of the European Union. Senator Gianpiero D’Alia introduced the measure …
Clinton says US reviewing policy toward Myanmar
The Associated Press –
The US Government refers to Myanmar as Burma, the country’s name before it was changed in 1989 by the ruling junta. Washington applies political and …
Clinton Vows to Reach Out to Islamic World
Washington Post, United States –
… house arrest Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist. “We’re looking at what steps could influence the current Burmese government, …
You are in: Home/News/Operators confused by Burma …
Wanderlust, UK –
“If there is a law and I’m in breach of it, then obviously I will take action – but I’m not even sure I’ve sent anyone to the hotel mentioned [Myanmar …
… at a town-hall type meeting with students at Tokyo university, used the term Burma, the country’s name before the military junta changed it to Myanmar. …
US taking fresh look at Myanmar policy
Reuters –
Washington has gradually tightened sanctions on the generals who have ruled the former Burma for more than four decades to try to force them into political …
Campaigners urge UK to reign in tour operators dealing with Burma
Mizzima.com, India –
Tourism Concern on Tuesday said despite EC’s restriction on trading with Burma, at least 24 UK tour operators are continuing to arrange clients for hotels …
NLD reiterates call for dialogue between Than Shwe and Suu Kyi
Mizzima.com, India –
The statement was released while the United Nations human rights expert Tomas Ojea Quintana is visiting Burma for the second time to assess development …
Quintana met five political prisoners in Insein
Mizzima.com, India –
Moreover he urged the junta to educate and train its army to abide and respect human rights, reform the army and transform its current judicial system into …
UN Rights envoy meets diplomats in Rangoon
Mizzima.com, India –
… on Tuesday met diplomats in Rangoon but it is still uncertain whether he will meet detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of …
Clinton en Route for Indonesia, China
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
… “Group of Friends of the Secretary-General on Myanmar,” along with the United States. The group was formed to find solution to Burma’s political woes. …
UN Envoy Meets Political Prisoners
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By SAW YAN NAING UN Human Rights Envoy to Burma Tomas Ojea Quintana interviewed four political prisoners in Insein Prison in Rangoon on Monday, …
Farmers given limited compensation for seized land
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Aye Thwin, a National League for Democracy member from New Dagon township, said the new land given to the farmers was in a poor location. …
Rohingya Issue Expected to be Raised during Asean Summit
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Surin told The Nation that Asean couldn’t avoid discussing human rights issues “but not in the context of condemning any country.” Surin said: “Human rights …
(Burmese currency) Kyat’s Black Market Rate Hits New Heights
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Last week, the Tripartite Core Group—representatives of the UN, Asean and the Burmese junta—announced a 3-year Cyclone Nargis recovery and preparedness plan …
Operating at half capacity.
Ethiopian Review, DC –
Like her sister Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma, Judge Birtukan is setting the standard for Human Rights fighters everywhere. Publishers, editors and reporters …
US and Asia: Two transoceanic powers
Jakarta Post, Indonesia –
… one where Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi can live freely in her own country, where the people of North Korea can freely choose their own …
Maddaya NLD joins signature campaign
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 17, 2009 (DVB)–Members of the National League for Democracy branch in Maddaya township, Mandalay, have decided to collect signatures of public support …
Yunnan’s newest airport opens in Tengchong
GoKunming, China –
The area was also a major trade hub with Burma (Myanmar) during the Ming Dynasty. The new airport in Tengchong County, located in Tuofeng Village, …
Thai Army chief makes official visit to Myanmar
Thai News Agency MCOT, Thailand –
Anupong Paochinda left Bangkok on Tuesday for a two-day official visit to Myanmar with general border issues between the two neighbouring countries, …
Junta commander: Wa has Hobson’s choice
Shan Herald Agency for News, Thailand –
by admin — last modified 2009-02-17 05:25 A senior Burma Army commander in Shan State East has recently commented, during an informal meeting with …
Thai Army chief visits Burma
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
Army Commander-in-Chief Gen Anupong Paochinda left for an official visit to Burma Tuesday. Speaking to reporters before leaving on Army plane to Burma, …
Kents Hill students spark human rights forums
Kennebec Journal, ME –
Mawdsley, a young Briton, was in a Burmese prison for handing out pro-democracy leaflets. Genser said Mawdsley was protesting the country’s military …
Quintana meets Myanmar political prisoners
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria –
His next venue he intends to visit Rakhine state – home to the Rohingya Muslim minority, Burma’s military government will let him see the detained democracy …
CNN’s Cooper speaks in Thousand Oaks
Ventura County Star, CA –
Through his career, Cooper covered the Rwandan genocide, the national revolution in Burma, the human rights violations against women in the Democratic …
Secretary Clinton’s Asia Trip: Indonesia’s Role in the Spotlight
Heritage.org, DC –
The US and Indonesia should explore what they can do together to pressure the Burmese junta to release political prisoners and move toward democracy. …
UN envoy kicks off second Myanmmar human rights mission
SmartBrief, DC –
He also plans to visit with the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, if the military government allows. BBC (02/16)
This wwwk Martlet radio
The Martlet, Canada –
… or whirr) in the night. A WHAT drive? UVic Rights and Democracy Network is collecting panties for peace. It’s a statement for Women’s Rights in Burma.
Look Out Myanmar, Angelina Jolie’s Coming For Your Kids
hecklerspray, Los Angeles –
Clan BRANGELINA is set to swell yet again with ANGELINA JOLIE setting her sights on adopting a baby from troubled Myanmar— that’s Burma to you and me. …
Thailand seen as regional springboard
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand –
… hub and key springboard for expanding Japanese restaurants into other neighbouring markets in Asean, including Singapore and Myanmar [Burma],” he said. …
Week 7/2009 in CzechNews
Aktuálně.cz, Czech Republic –
I pay high respect to that, considering I could hardly learn the sign and pronunciation of “toilet for women” in Burmese when visiting Yangon. …
Britain Urges UN Investigation of Religious Freedom Violations in …
Christian Freedom International, MI –
The Burmese government, however, has denied all allegations of human rights abuses, dismissing the reports as “Western propaganda. …
CSW calls on UN to intensify efforts for change in Burma
ChristianToday, UK –
… to “intensify” efforts to facilitate meaningful dialogue between Burma’s military regime, the democracy movement and ethnic nationalities. .
Rohingya Question a True Test for Asean
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia –
However, the migrant story can be a sad one, as a large number are forced to leave their homelands due to persecution, human rights violations or civil war …
Burma: Statement From National Council of the Union of Burma
UNPO, Netherlands –
… call by the National League for Democracy and all the political forces within Burma for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners. …
Mrs. Clinton Goes to Asia [Dan Blumenthal]
National Review Online Blogs, NY –
They may want to focus on solving the human-rights crisis in Burma, finding a common vision for the Korean peninisula’s reunification, or establishing a …
Junta goes for prison makeover for visiting UN rights expert
Mizzima.com, India –
Sources said Quintana has also requested a meeting with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but it is still unclear whether he will be granted …
World focus on Burma (16 February 2009)
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UN human rights envoy on ‘Show Boat’ mission to Burma
Mizzima.com, India –
Most human rights activists believe that the abuses committed by the junta in the Muslim-dominated areas of western Burma are worse than anywhere else in …
UN human rights envoy visits Myanmar prisons
Monsters and Critics.com –
Quintana, who arrived in Myanmar Saturday, travelled to the Karen State on Sunday where he visited Hpa-An prison, where a 28 year-old Burmese blogger named …
NLD marks general Aung San’s birthday
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 16, 2009 (DVB)–The National League for Democracy held celebrations to mark general Aung San’s birthday and Burmese Children’s Day on 13 February at its …
Zargana’s prison term reduced by 24 years
Mizzima.com, India –
The commuting of his prison term came a day before the UN Human Rights envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana’s visit to Burma which starting on Saturday. …
Junta Queries Candidates for 2010 Election
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Aye Thar Aung, an Arakan leader, said he also has been told by businessmen in Arakan State in western Burma that they were offered the chance to run as …
No Fanfare for Quintana
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By MIN LWIN UN Human Rights Envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana arrived in Burma on Saturday a day after jail sentences were handed down to two opposition members and …
Zarganar’s sentence reduced by 24 years
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Zarganar’s co-defendants Zaw Thet Htway, Tin Maung Aye and Thant Zin Aung were also granted reductions of their prison terms under the electronics law. …
Quintana visits Insein prison
Mizzima.com, India –
According to the UN, he will also seek meetings with other political parties, but Burma’s main opposition party – the National League for Democracy – on …
Than Shwe sends birthday greetings to North Korea’s Kim Jong Il
Mizzima.com, India –
Both countries have been under western sanctions – Burma for its appalling human rights records and refusal to implement political reforms, and North Korea …
UN rights envoy Quintana visits Pa-an prison
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 16, 2009 (DVB)–The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, Tomas Ojea Quintana, visited Pa-an prison in Karen state yesterday during …
Will Beijing Respond to Clinton’s Wish List?
TIME –
It also wants an end to US hectoring over human rights, particularly in respect to Tibet and Sudan. Just what Washington is willing to give on all of these …
UN rights envoy returns to Burma
BBC News, UK –
He is hoping that, this time, Burma’s military government will let him see the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the UN said. Ms Suu Kyi’s party, …
UK tour operators flout Burma trade ban
Travel Weekly UK, UK –
More than 20 tour operators continue to arrange travel to Burma, renamed Myanmar by its military junta, despite EC trade sanctions in place since 2000. …
Clinton Should Speak Out on Burma
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The current head of Asean, Surin Pitsuwan, has become deeply involved in Burma since deadly Cyclone Nargis slammed the Irrawaddy delta last May. …
Myanmar: My grand adventure in Burma
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka –
The British mispronounced ‘Brahma’, which is what the Burmese people are called. The country itself has been called Myanmar for centuries. …
UK tour operators accused of breaking EU Burma blacklist
TTG live, UK –
More than a dozen British tour operators are breaking a European Union blacklist by selling packages to Burma in resorts owned by people with close links to …
UN envoy on Human Rights visiting Myanmar
All India Radio, India –
He is also hopeful that, this time, Burma’s military government will let him see the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Ojea Quintana arrived in …
“Burma Days”: My grand adventure in Myanmar
OpEdNews, PA –
I’m supposed to leave for Burma in two weeks! And now I can’t even walk! This is a nightmare. November 25, 2008: So much for Thanksgiving. …
Chaddis ready for a revolution of shorts
Express Buzz, India –
… Burmese (Myanmarese, if you will) women sent their underwear to foreign missions to highlight their plight under the junta; and more recently, …
The cost of war and the price of victory in Sri Lanka
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –
Today democracy is under siege in Sri Lanka and an Orwellian type of nightmare is unraveling here and 1984 seems to be dawning on us in 2009; the Government …
Tri Nation Gas Pipeline: Untold Story
Energy Bangla, Bangladesh –
… signed a production sharing contract with the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Burmese military government. …
UN envoy in Burma
Radio Australia, Australia –
The UN human rights envoy to Burma arrived in the country over the weekend to begin a six-day visit to evaluate the current rights situation there. …
Call to relax rules for Burmese hands
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
“We risk our lives if we go back to verify our nationality in Burma. We fear persecution by the junta,” Khun Win said. Satita Norpo, coordinator of the …
POST BAG The law is an ass
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
… recourse to legal status while being denied Burmese citizenship, have been described by the in-denial, bully military junta as ”less than human”. …
78 Burmese refugees to be resettled in Ireland
Irish Times, Ireland –
… were groups of Sudanese, Iranian Kurds and Burmese Karen, the latter members of another ethnic group who fled persecution by Burma’s military junta. …
No united response on Rohingya
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
… the immigration office to await deportation to Burma. We have an ongoing discussion with the Myanmar government but you could not get a single response. …
Internationalising the Internal Crisis
Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka –
Living in a utopian world, India extended a motherly arm to all those forced out of Sri Lanka and Burma, now Myanmar. The ‘Sinhala Only’ law, …
Kim Jong-il’s acclaimed feats
eTaiwan News, Taiwan –
Intelligence experts say Kim ordered the 1983 bombing in the capital of Burma, now Myanmar, that killed 17 South Korean officials and the bombing of a …
New foreign policy is holistic and liberal
Nation Multimedia, Thailand –
The latter was similar even though he boasted endlessly how close he was with the Asean leaders, especially the Burmese junta leaders. …
World focus on Burma (11 February 2009)
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Blog, Burma, Media: Making “them” accountable
Ashin Mettacara, Sri Lanka –
I thought that the monks and the people who joined them to protest the junta had been at least semi-successful because the news no longer reported about …
AIDS Sutra: Untold stories from India
Xtra.ca, Canada –
… to the remote northeast provinces, where hopelessness is pacified by the near-endless supply of injection drugs that flow across the border from Burma. …
Rogue agent betrayed Burmese rebels who are 11 years in detention
Mizzima.com, India –
Gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar Park near the Parliament, at least a hundred Burmese pro-democracy activists on Wednesday staged a protest demanding …
Thai official rebukes Angelina Jolie for making refugee plea
The Canadian Press, BANGKOK –
BANGKOK — A senior Thai diplomat has rebuked Hollywood star Angelina Jolie for speaking out on behalf of Muslim refugees from Myanmar. …
Dear Mr. President: Chicago Soldier Fights Military Ban
Windy City Times, IL –
Her mother is from Hong Kong and her father is from Burma ( Myanmar ) . Tsao is a first-generation American. Her father’s younger brother served in the Army …
The case for carrots with Iran
Hillsboro Argus – OregonLive.com, OR –
But this view, while perhaps appropriate in the case of absolutely intransigent governments such as Burma’s junta and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, …
Humanism is more important than the term ‘Rohingya’: NCUB
Mizzima.com, India –
by Ko Wild Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – There is debate among Burma’s military regime, some activists and some sectors of the ethnic nationalities on the …
UN Chief defends Gambari’s latest visit to Burma
Mizzima.com, India –
During a meeting with Gambari, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said, “China hopes that Myanmar [Burma] will maintain stability and continue to push …
Burma/India: End Abuses in Chin State
Aliran Monthly, Malaysia –
(Bangkok, January 28, 2009) – Burma’s military government should end human rights abuses against the ethnic Chin population in Burma’s western Chin state, …
Equal rights essential to revive Union Spirit: Ethnic leaders
Mizzima.com, India –
… New Light of Myanmar yesterday. In his message, Than Shwe said the Union Day marks the signing of the ‘Panglong’ agreement between Burmese independence …
Burmese to Celebrate Union Day
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The Panglong Agreement was singed by the government led by Burma’s independence hero, Gen Aung San, father of detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Troop Movements Reported Along Bangladesh-Burma Border
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The Burmese diplomat was quoted as saying: “In reality, Rohingya are neither Myanmar people nor Myanmar’s ethnic group.” The envoy contrasted the “dark …
ANGELINA JOLIE – JOLIE CHASTISED BY THAI GOVERNMENT
Contactmusic.com, UK –
ANGELINA JOLIE has sparked outrage with Thai officials after remarking on the plight of Myanmar migrants, who have accused the country’s military of …
Seamy border casino town closed down
Shanghai Daily, China –
By Li Xinran | 2009-2-11 | ONLINE EDITION MORE than 5000 Chinese citizens left Maijayang yesterday after the Chinese and Myanmar governments cracked down on …
Htain Maung Agrees to Border Deal with Junta
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
However, the Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) has claimed that Htain Maung is using forced labor for road construction and local development, …
THAILAND: The Good Old Ways
Strategy Page –
That can lead to border wars, as has been the case with Burma (Myanmar) in the past. Thais have found that they can simply ignore the media criticism, …
International artists launch awareness drive for Aung San Suu Kyi
Mizzima.com, India –
The panel will not only focus on the humanitarian crisis in Burma and on imprisoned Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, it will also promote the sales of a …
Maldives President urges release of Burmese political prisoner
Minivan News, AZ –
Former political prisoner President Mohamed Nasheed has spoken out against the 14-year detention of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi by the Burmese military …
Activists launch Valentine’s Day rose campaign
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
… 2009 (DVB)–Three activist groups are urging people to join a rose campaign on Valentine’s Day to call for peaceful resolution of the problems in Burma …
Nargis book raises funds for survivors
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 11, 2009 (DVB)–A book of articles written by famous Burmese writers about Cyclone Nargis is selling well in Burma, raising funds for victims of the …
MPs express concern at church closures in Burma
ChristianToday, UK –
Some local Christians believe that the immediate cause of the oppressive measures is church involvement in relief provision for victims of Cyclone Nargis. …
Pro-junta political party briefs press
Mizzima.com, India –
The NUP also condemned Burma’s main opposition party – National League for Democracy – for its confrontational stand against the junta. …
Forgotten struggle on other side of the fence
Mizzima.com, India –
Daniel Pedersen reports from the border on a political shift that could have far-reaching consequences for Burma’s democracy movement. …
Burmese Migrant Workers Suspected of Murdering Thai Girl
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
About 100 illegal migrant workers were arrested by immigration police on Tuesday, a human rights group reported. A Burmese worker at Chiang Mai’s Night …
Economics talk given at NLD headquarters
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 11, 2009 (DVB)–Burmese economist Myo Myint gave a talk on economic freedom, market economics and the current financial crisis at the National League for …
UN chief asks military junta and opposition to resume talks
Press Trust of India, India –
United Nations, Feb 11 (PTI) Admitting that he is not “totally satisfied” with the meetings that his envoy to Myanmar had during his recent visit to the …
Gambari Had ‘Good Discussion’ in Burma: Ban
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
“I’m going to discuss this matter with the Group of Friends on Myanmar in a short period of time, in the near future,” Ban said.
Sanctions do not work
Mizzima.com, India –
some of whom I know to be supporters of the NLD and most of whom I am sure have tremendous love and respect for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. …
PRESS CONFERENCE ON “ATTACKS ON THE PRESS’ REPORT
Media Newswire (press release), NY –
“A journalist in Burma has been condemned to 59 years in jail for threatening the public atmosphere by reporting on the cyclone”. It was, however, no longer …
Raising voice for detained Burmese in India
Modern Ghana, Ghana –
Simultaneously a book on Burma will also be released at Jantar Mantar. Dr Tint Swe, a minister of National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma (in …
Artists Host Global Discussion on Burma’s Fight for Freedom
Putnam County News and Recorder (subscription), NY –
… February 14, to discuss the plight of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a key political figure who has been under house arrest in Myanmar (formerly Burma) for the …
UN chief says envoy had good talks in Myanmar
Victoria Advocate, TX –
Myanmar’s current military leadership came to power in 1988, when the country was known as Burma, after crushing a nationwide pro-democracy movement. …
POST BAG A heartless response
Bangkok Post, Thailand –
The murderous regime in Burma created the refugee crisis in the first place, and the response from several countries in the region, repeating the …
Indonesia, Thailand to decide fate of Burmese refugees
ABC Online, Australia –
… Thompson The foreign ministers of Indonesia and Thailand will meet in Jakarta today to discuss the fate of almost 400 Rohingya refugees from Burma. …
Demonstration in Delhi to release victims of India’s Intelligence …
TamilNet, Sri Lanka –
42 political activists of Myanmar landed in the Windfall Island of India’s Andaman Islands in 1998, allegedly lured by a promise of getting a base for them …
Dozens set for Upcoming True/False Fest
Indie Wire –
This spine-tingling thriller tracks a clandestine group of video activists as they use whatever means necessary to spotlight Burma’s brutal military junta. …
Outrage over Malaysia migrant abuse claims
Brisbane Times, Australia –
Malaysia should face a grilling over the abuse of migrants and the jailing of political opponents when its seat on the UN Human Rights Council is reviewed …
Group criticizes Mideast over media restrictions
eTaiwan News, Taiwan –
Journalists in both territories report they “chose their words carefully in writing about human rights abuses and politics because they feared reprisals,” ..
China in the 21st Century: China’s Strategic Role in Crises of …
Campus Progress, DC –
This one and a half day conference will explore China’s motivations and policy with regard to its role in Chad, Myanmar (Burma), Sudan, and Zimbabwe as well …
British Legislators Protest “Massive Church Closures” In Burma
BosNewsLife, Hungary –
The Early Day Motion was proposed by John Bercow, who co-chairs of the All Parliamentary Group for Democracy in Burma, also known as Myanmar, CSW said. …
Grant work permits and raise more tax revenue
เดอะ เนชั่น, Thailand –
The police and mafia are sucking the blood from poor Burmese migrant workers at tourist spots in Phuket. These workers have fled from Burma because of …
Media group asks US to stop detaining journalists
MSNBC –
Vietnam, Burma, Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia have been following China’s model of controlling the Internet and punishing those who get …
Demonstration in favour of detained Burmese in India
Narinjara News, Bangladesh –
Burma (Myanmar) is reeling under military dictatorship for the last 47 years and any form of dissidents against the military government at Nay Pie Taw are …
Bangladesh deports 26 Rohingya to Burma
Mizzima.com, India –
by Solomon New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Bangladesh Rifles, the Bangladeshi border security force deported 26 Rohingya to Burma on Monday after they were …
Rangoon church closures concern British MPs
Religious Intelligence Ltd, UK –
Some local Christians believe that the immediate cause of the oppressive measures is church involvement in relief provision for victims of Cyclone Nargis. …
World focus on Burma (6 February 2009)
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Human rights: Conflict in Sri Lanka, persecution of Burmese …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –
… Burma, and the refusal to extradite convicted murderer Cesare Battisti by the Brazilian authorities, were the subjects of three resolutions on democracy …
CAMBODIA: Chevron Silent on Bribery Allegations
IPS, Italy –
GW activist insists that the oil companies should also disclose what they would pay Cambodia once the revenue starts flowing. Hayman made the comments …
NLD welcomes UN Chief’s call for dialogue
Mizzima.com, India –
by Solomon New Delhi (Mizzima) – Burma’s main opposition party – National League for Democracy – has welcomed the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s call …
Faces of the UI: Tossed out of Burma, writer finds home here
UI The Daily Iowan, IA –
During her two years of work at the Rangoon-based Myanmar Times, she covered international organizations in Burma and later became a features editor. …
Kyaw Thu kicked upstairs, junta turns reclusive
Mizzima.com, India –
… of Myanmar on other sensitive issues of humanitarian, economic and political nature,” he told Mizzima on the eve of Mr. Gambari’s visit to Burma last …
Thailand must stop dumping stateless people at sea
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –
Thailand should investigate its shameful treatment of refugees from a persecuted Myanmar minority, says Amal de Chickera. By Amal de Chickera Rohingya men, …
Making human rights real
The New Nation, Bangladesh –
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights correctly noted that “disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged …
India should advocate for democracy in Burma
Newstrack India, India –
While the Indian vice-president has left for Burma (Myanmar) with a four-day official visit to the military-ruled country, the civil society groups of India …
Indonesia to allow UN access to Rohingya
International Herald Tribune, France –
The decision announced Friday comes days after a boat carrying nearly 200 men belonging to Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, a Muslim group that faces severe …
Thirteen 88 Student Activists Transferred to New Prisons
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
… according to Burmese prison officials. Insein Prison sources said 13 political prisoners were transferred on Friday morning. Two female activists …
A Journey to another World
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The camp houses more than 20000 ethnic Karenni from Burma’s Karenni (Kayah) State in eastern Burma. A further 4000 Karenni refugees live in a second …
Surviving on a Little Hope and 4 US Cents a Day
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
More than a dozen landmine victims, scarred by Burma’s long-running war between the Karen National Union and the Burmese Army, are housed in this section of …
Jolie Makes Goodwill Visit to Thai Refugee Camp
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
Ban Mai Nai Soi is home to around 20000 registered refugees from neighboring Burma, and is one of 10 camps officially established on Thai soil. …
UN debates duty to halt war crimes
Helsinki Times (subscription), Finland –
… ongoing mass killings in Darfur, and the failure to timely intervene to aid survivors of last year’s Cyclone Nargis in Burma, civil society groups are …
Grassroots activist pressured by police
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 6, 2009 (DVB)–Grassroots activist Than Soe, who helped local farmers in Magwe’s Aung Lan township report land seizures, has gone into hiding after being …
Plague of Rats Makes Food Even Harder to Find in Burma
Jakarta Globe, Indonesia –
According to a July report by the Chin Human Rights Organization, based in Canada, more than 100000 people — 20 percent of the population — are now affected …
Indonesia may accept Burmese boat refugees
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands –
Indonesia is considering granting refugee status to hundreds of Burmese boat refugees after all. The refugees, members of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority …
Shan Celebrate their National Day
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By MIN LWIN Burma’s Shan community celebrate their national day on Saturday, barred by the regime from organizing public ceremonies. …
Opposition Welcomes Ban’s Call for Burma Talks
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
The Indian delegation was welcomed by the junta’s No 2, Vice Snr-Gen Maung Aye, according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper. …
UN Envoy Fails To Get Myanmar Sides Talking
NPR –
by Michael Sullivan and Linda Wertheimer Morning Edition, February 6, 2009 · United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari was in Myanmar this week in an effort to …
Opposition slams junta’s refusal to free prisoners
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Regime leaders also called for sanctions to be lifted to allow Burma to develop. Arakan League for Democracy leader Aye Thar Aung, who is also secretary of …
Weekly Business Roundup (February 6,2009)
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
By WILLIAM BOOT China heads a list of countries with companies engaged in building 40 hydro dams on Burma’s rivers, according to a recent survey. …
Indonesia change stance on Rohingya refugees
Australia Network News, Australia –
[Reuters] Indonesia says it now will consider granting refugee status to hundreds of Rohingya migrants from Burma. The nearly 400 asylum seekers were …
UN Envoy Leaves Burma Empty-handed
Asia Sentinel, Hong Kong –
“If the UN wants to see economic development and political stability in Myanmar, the UN should first try to remove economic sanctions and visa bans,” the …
Generation Wave launches new campaign
Democratic Voice of Burma, Norway –
Feb 6, 2009 (DVB)–Underground youth activist group Generation Wave began a new campaign in Rangoon yesterday, spraying graffiti and distributing posters and …
Thailand starting to resemble Burma
United Press International, Asia, Hong Kong –
Two activist pro-monarchy Thai language websites, originating from the Thai Parliament, have come online. One site explains the legal process being used in …
UN Chief Urges Dialogue In Myanmar
RTT News, NY –
(RTTNews) – UNsecretary-general Ban Ki-moon has appealed to Myanmar’s military rulers and the opposition to resume early, substantive negotiations without …
Thai Prime Minister Vows Accountability On Migrants
EasyBourse.com, France –
TOKYO (AFP)–Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva pledged Friday to hold accountable any security forces who abused Muslim migrants from Myanmar after …
Jolie visits camp for refugees from Myanmar
The Associated Press –
Jolie and her partner, Brad Pitt, are on a visit to Thailand, where on Wednesday they toured one of several camps along the Thai-Myanmar border sheltering …
The Most Beautiful Woman in the World
The Irrawaddy News Magazine, Thailand –
In Burma proper, it was nearly impossible for young unmarried couples to have sex anyway—due to social and official restrictions. It was even difficult for …
Norway and Denmark Break Burma Boycott
ScandAsia.com, Thailand –
The two ministers held a meeting with the Myanmar Red Cross Society, led by its president Prof Thar la Shwe. The state owned newspaper, The New Light of …
Angelina Jolie, UN Envoy, Asks Thailand to Aid Myanmar Refugees
Bloomberg –
… during a visit yesterday to camps in northern Thailand that house 111000 mostly ethnic Karen and Karenni refugees from Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. …
Angelina Jolie Requests Aid For Refugees In Thailand
PerezHilton.com, CA –
With no foreseeable chance that these refugees will soon be able to return to Burma (Myanmar), we must find some way to help them work and become self …
Net censorship probe started
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain –
Among the main states who have censored the Internet include Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Yemen, Syria, Tunisia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, China, Burma, …
UN urges Myanmar rulers, opposition to resume substantive talks
Channel News Asia, Singapore –
UNITED NATIONS – UN chief Ban Ki-moon is appealing to Myanmar’s military rulers and opposition to resume early, substantive negotiations without …
News Bites: Angelina Jolie For Myanmar
Celebuzz, CA –
Jolie told press, “With no foreseeable chance that these refugees will soon be able to return to Burma (Myanmar), we must find some way to help them work …
Myanmar: Ban calls on Government, opposition to resume substantive talks
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the Myanmar Government and the opposition to resume substantive talks leading to national dialogue and …
North Korea again rated top persecutor
BP News, TN –
In its 2008 report on North Korea, USCIRF suggested the United States seek to integrate and expand the knowledge of human rights issues in its negotiations …
The national prison of Burma
New York Times Blogs, NY –
By Nicholas Kristof My Thursday column is from Myanmar, one of the nastier countries left in the world today. I was only able to get into Myawaddy, …
Angelina Jolie Visits with Thai Refugees
KGET 17, CA –
… to refugees talk about their struggles — now she is calling on the Thai government to help Myanmar refugee camps become “self reliant,” UNHCR reports. …
Angelina in Thailand – Let My People Go
LimeLife, CA –
… support education plans, given that they are unable to return to Myanmar (aka Burma) under the harsh military junta that currently rules the country. …
Foreign Labor in Chinese Prisons
Radio Free Asia, DC –
“Most of them are from Burma and Taiwan and are now held in the Yunnan No. 1 Prison,” he said, although he refused to provide the number of foreign …
UN discusses with Thailand to find solution for Rohingya boatpeople
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland –
He said, the boatpeople’s issue have become a regional issue of six countries and Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India and Bangladesh needs to come …
Silver spoons and AK47s
The Argosy.ca, Canada –
Students in Burma, for example, have always been at the forefront of the pro-democracy and peace movements. This spirit of non-violent struggle is best seen …
Myanmar’s food situation dire
SmartBrief, DC –
A tenth of Myanmar’s population is in desperate need of food aid despite a surplus of production in the country, according to the UN World Food Programme. …
Angelina Jolie Visits Refugee Camp in Thailand
TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY –
“I hope we can work with the Thai authorities to speed up the government admissions process and that you will not be forced to go back to Burma if danger …
Angelina Jolie’s Thailand Refugee Trip
The Gossip Girls –
Continuing along with her duties as a Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie paid a visit to refugees from Burma (Myanmar) in a camp in Thailand on Wednesday …
Myanmarese puppetry comes to Japan
The Japan Times, Japan –
The Mandalay Marionettes Theatre is a group of puppeteers that practice youk-the pwe in Mandalay, the capital of Burma during the last years of the Konbaung …
Sneaking In Where Thugs Rule
New York Times, United States –
Entering Myanmar (which traditionally has been known as Burma), you adjust your watch: Myanmar is 30 minutes ahead — and 50 years behind. …
The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island by Chloe Hooper – review
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –
The fact that he became a cause célèbre is largely due to the Burmese-born lawyer Andrew Boe, who spent years fighting Doomadgee’s case. …
Human rights: conflict in Sri Lanka, persecution of Burmese …
European Parliament (press release), EU –
… Burma, and the refusal to extradite convicted murderer Cesare Battisti by the Brazilian authorities, were the subjects of three resolutions on democracy …
UVic women drop their panties
The Martlet, Canada –
“Burma is one of the most brutal regions you can find in the world today,” Lévesque said. “There are so many infractions being carried out on human rights, …
As usual, the UN finds no one at home in the junta to discuss …
Economist, UK –
That is probably the best that could be said for Ibrahim Gambari’s latest mission to Myanmar, which ended on February 3rd. The four-day visit was the …
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