„Daw Aung San Suu Kyi attended Min Ko Naing’s birthday ceremony“
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi with Zarganar at Ko Min Ko Naing’s Birthday Event at a monastery in Rangoon. “Dear Mr. President, release him as a birthday gift,” famous Burmese comedian Zarganar told an event to...
View ArticleNDAA and UWSA deny involvement in Mekong incident
TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2011 17:09 STEPHEN PERRAUD / HSENG KHIO FAH Hoping to end current speculation over possible involvement in the 5 Oct. incident on the Mekong River that led to the discovery of 12...
View ArticleChinese officials visiting Chiangmai Monday to speed up investigations so the...
17 October 2011 The Mekhong may be in crisis following the massacre on 5 October, but plans to promote tourism on the river are going ahead: 27-29 November 2011 Mekong Tourism Working Group Meeting,...
View ArticleMalaysia and Burma have agreed in principle to exchange detainees
19 October 2011 – KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Burma have agreed in principle to exchange detainees, a move that immediately sparked ‘shock’ and concerns among human rights groups. Malaysian Home...
View ArticleMysterious (gold colored rings featuring 9 gems in each (a significant number...
WEDNESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2011 17:13 STEPHEN PERRAUD / HSENG KHIO FAH shan news According to sources close to the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) better known as Mong La group, Burmese officials...
View ArticleBurma’s Junta: Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes?-foreign policy
By Kyi May Kaung, October 18, 2011 Than Shwe Since at least the fake elections of November 2010, the Burmese junta has floated the fiction that it is now a “civilian government” with a real...
View ArticleFreed prisoner Myint Naing to file risky lawsuit
A human rights activist jailed in 2007 after he was assaulted by a mob alleged to belong to the former junta’s so-called “civic” organisation, the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA),...
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