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Animal Disease Outbreak in Irrawaddy Delta
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
An outbreak of animal foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in townships affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta and in Rangoon and Pegu divisions, according to sources in Rangoon. There was n...

Controversy over 11th Century Temple Inflames Thai Politics
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
High on a Cambodian cliff, the Preah Vihear temple has weathered war and territorial disputes. Now it’s at the center of a political tug-of-war in neighboring Thailand. As it has over the centurie...

Amnesty Warns of Rights Violations in Malaysia
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
An international rights group urged Malaysia on Friday to revise its plan to chase out tens of thousands of Filipino and Indonesian illegal immigrants amid concerns it may lead to human rights violati...

Cyclone assessment reveals critical food, water shortages
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
The news underscores the urgent need to bring more food into the region almost eight weeks after Cyclone Nargis ravaged the area, leaving 138,000 people dead or missing. The discovery of significant ...

One blood, one voice, one command [News analysis] - Wai Moe
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Though not confirmed officially, as many as 150 military officers were reportedly reassigned in last week’s reshuffle. In addition, four lieutenant-generals who headed the bureaus of special operation...

Junta denies medical treatment to detained student activist
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Despite the deteriorating health of 88 Generation Student Myo Yan Naung Thein, prison officials of Insein prison have not allowed him proper treatment and produced him before the court on Thursday.

Rights activist says state-sanctioned rape widespread in Burma - Claudia Blume
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
A Burmese human rights activist says Burma’s military government continues to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities. She urges Burma’s neighbors to put pressure on the military ...

Pay money, get electricity post Nargis: Rangoon resident
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
It is nothing short of holding people to ransom. Without shelling out money to civil servants of the electric power department no electricity supply will be ensured to home and markets. This was state...

Animal disease outbreak in Irrawaddy Delta - Saw Yan Naing
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
An outbreak of animal foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in townships affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy delta and in Rangoon and Pegu divisions, according to sources in Rangoon.

UNSC needs to shoulder responsibility of Burmese women
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
New Delhi - To stop Burmese military rulers from its unabated use of rape as a ‘weapon of war’ in its campaign against ethnic minorities, there is a lot that the international community and United N...

Weekly business roundup - William Boot
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Indian financial services thwart junta sanctions India’s financial support for Burma is growing even as Western sanctions seek to curtail the junta’s business activities.

NLD member in prison not allowed medical treatment
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Chiang Mai - Member of Burmese political opposition Thant Zin Myo, who has been in custody in the notorious Insein prison for over 11 months, has been denied medical treatment despite his deteriorat.. .

Diarrhea afflicts over 150 refugees, two children die
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Teknaf, Bangladesh: Diarrhoea has afflicted over 150 Burmese refugees in the makeshift camp in Dum Dum Mea since June 21. It killed two children in the makeshift camp till June 26, said a Majee (shed l...

Burma and Afghanistan increase opium production: UNODC
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa, said on Thursday that the alarming increase in opium production in Afghanistan and Burma in 2007 is posing a seri...

Suu Kyi manga released in English
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
In the 20 years since Aung San Suu Kyi first emerged as the leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement, she has inspired admiration in people around the world. She has also captured the imagination of a...

Southeast Asia body key to prising open Myanmar - Olivia Rondonuwu and Ed Davies
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
The 10-nation Southeast Asian grouping played a key mediating role in getting Myanmar’s military leaders to open up to foreign aid, ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan said. “I think a...

Solo female protester arrested
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
New Delhi - A Burmese woman was arrested on Wednesday evening after staging a solo protest at a busy downtown district near the popular Sule Pagoda, in the country’s former capital Rangoon. The s...

G8 pushes Myanmar to accept foreign cyclone aid
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
The Group of Eight wealthy nations put pressure on Myanmar to let in more foreign relief workers after a devastating cyclone last month, after accusations it had obstructed aid, a Japanese official sa...

European MPs form Burma caucus
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
A European Parliamentary Caucus on Burma has been formed to raise awareness about Burma in Europe and pressure European governments to do more to bring about democratic transition.

Shwe Mann: Soon to be Burma
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
Expectations were renewed after a major reshuffle in the armed forces last week. Several heads rolled within the bureaus of special operations and new regional commanders were appointed. Speculation ...

Power Grid to execute 3 projects in Myanmar
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
NEW DELHI: India has extended a $124 million line of credit (LoC) to Myanmar Government for construction of three major transmission projects and one 120 MW power plant. Myanmar also expressed interes...

TSF gives up on Burma
Today, June 28, 2008, 9 hours ago
It’s a familiar tale by now. Unicef asked TSF to set up emergency telecoms gear shortly after the May 2 cyclone that killed over 133,000 people. It took the Burmese government a month just to approve ...

Burma agency makes donor plea
Today, June 28, 2008, 16 hours ago
One of the leading aid agencies working in Burma after Cyclone Nargis has urged the international community not to politicise future aid pledges. Save the Children said that while basic aid was get...

Dhaka seeks Myanmar farm land on lease
Today, June 28, 2008, 16 hours ago
Staff ReporterBangladesh urged Myanmar on Thursday to lease its farm land near the border for rice cultivation to meet its growing food demand, agencies reported.Vast lands have been left untilled in ...

Cyclone farmers await assistance
Today, June 28, 2008, 18 hours ago
KUNCHANKONE, 27 June 2008 (IRIN) - A 24-year-old farmer lost most of his family, as well as his prized water buffaloes, to the cyclone but says he is still waiting for the power tillers local authorit...

Merck Frosst and its employees combine their efforts to help the China and Myanmar disaster victims
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 11:11:47 PM
A $40,308.00 cheque is presented to the Red Cross MONTREAL, June 27 /CNW Telbec/ - June 27, 2008 - Following the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar and the earthquake that shook China, last mont...

Ban Discusses Burma with Indian, China, Indonesian Ambassadors
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:47:34 PM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with the ambassadors of India, China and Indonesia and UN Special Envoy on Burma Ibrahim Gambari on Thursday to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in...

APME honors AP coverage of Myanmar cyclone
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:35:18 PM
NEW YORK - AP’s coverage of the devastating Myanmar cyclone amid extraordinarily hazardous and harsh conditions has received top honors for deadline reporting from the

Myanmar Refugees Resettlement Crosses 30,000
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:35:16 PM
(RTTNews) - In one of the world’s largest resettlement operation, a record 30,000 Myanmar refugees have left Thailand since January 2005 to begin new lives in third countries, a U.N. agency said Frida...

Myanmar again to take severe action against vehicles with stickers
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:35:10 PM
The Myanmar traffic police authorities have reiterated to take severe action against vehicles with stickers on side windows and rear wind screens running on roads in the biggest city of Yangon as part...

Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:35:08 PM
), but were stopped just minutes after beginning their protest. “We told them they can hold a ceremony without harming the state’s peace and tranquility” Khin Yee told AFP on the sid...

Bangladesh offers to settle core issues with Myanmar
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 7:35:04 PM
:Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said Bangladesh likes to resolve pending issues with Myanmar through discussion, particularly stating that the issues of repatriation of the Rohi...

Thousands in Delta Told to Relocate
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:25:20 PM
Thousands of villagers in the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta townships of Bogalay and Laputta are being told by local authorities to relocate to new sites, according to local residents in both region...

Lone Demonstrator Arrested at Rangoon City Hall
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:25:18 PM
A lone women demonstrator was arrested on Wednesday in Rangoon, after she called for the release of political prisoners including democracy icon Aung San Su Kyi.A worker near Rangoon City Hall confirm...

Campaign to Stop Child Labor Kicks Off
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:25:13 PM
A four-day campaign in Samut Sakorn Province in central Thailand and four provinces in South Thailand will raise awareness of child labor abuses from Thursday through Sunday, sponsored by The Internat...

G-8 Nations Pledge Continued Aid for Burma
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:24:57 PM
Concerns about instability in Afghanistan, rising oil and food prices, and the lack of political progress in Burma were raised in talks in Japan by foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrial.. .

Thai Prime Minister Survives Parliamentary No-confidence Vote
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:24:52 PM
Thailand’s prime minister survived a no-confidence vote on Friday, fending off opposition accusations of incompetence, mismanagement and yielding national sovereignty. The parliamentary opposition.. .

Oil and Global Credit Worries Drive Asian Currencies Down
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:24:50 PM
Asian currencies took another hit on Friday from soaring oil prices and renewed anxiety about global credit woes, prompting central banks in the Philippines and Thailand to intervene by selling dollar...

G8 call on Burma to improve position
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:00:45 PM
Group of Eight foreign ministers have agreed that Burma needs to improve its position on aid and make progress towards democracy, an official from host Japan says.Ministers from the eight industrial p...

Burma blocks telecoms help
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:00:41 PM
Two teams of foreign aid workers dedicated to delivering emergency telecoms in disaster areas have been forced to leave cyclone-hit Burma. The members of Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) left the count...

Hollywood stars launch campaign to pressure junta
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:00:19 PM
Bangkok, 25 June (AKI) - Hollywood stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt have begun an advertising campaign calling on countries in the region to pressure Burma’s government to accept more cyclone aid. ...

Flash mob for Burma hits London
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 5:00:16 PM
A “flash mob” for Burma will hit London tonight as campaigners urge commuters to remember victims of the cyclone and decades of human rights abuses in the country. Fifty-three days af...

Myanmar journalist arrested for burying cyclone dead: watchdog
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:38 PM
A Myanmar editor has been arrested and his magazine closed after he travelled to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta to help bury people killed in the storm, media rights watchdogs said Thursday.

Burma cyclone survivors suffer food shortage - Amy Kazmin
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:37 PM
Almost a third of households in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta say they have no food stocks, while a further fifth say they have just enough for a day, highlighting the urgent need for continuing f...

TSF withdraws from Burma after junta restricts movement
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:36 PM
New Delhi - A French non-governmental organization, Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF), which had rushed to Burma to help in reconstruction in the wake of the killer cyclone, left the country, as the ruli...

Myanmar stresses prompt repair of cyclone-ravaged jetties in Yangon
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:35 PM
The Myanmar authorities have stressed the prompt repair of remaining cyclone-ravaged jetties in Yangon to ensure speedy and normal inflow of commodities from other parts of the country, the official n...

New curriculum excludes general Aung San - Naw Say Phaw
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:33 PM
The military regime in Burma has removed a speech and writings by the late independence hero general Aung San and peace architect Thakhin Kodaw Hmaing from this year’s basic high school curriculum.

Four Burmese athletes to join Olympic Games
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:33 PM
New Delhi - At least four Burmese athletes will be joining the Beijing Summer Olympics.; Of a total of six athletes who applied, four have been allowed to join the game to be held in Beijing...

Junta’s drug control claim irrelevant to ground situation: Researcher - Mungpi
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:32 PM
Burma’s Minister for Home Affairs and Chairman of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, Maj-Gen Maung Oo, on Thursday said the drug eradication programme has effectively brought down cul...

Bush discusses Burma with UN Ambassadors - Lalit K Jha
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:48:31 PM
US President George W Bush, in a meeting with the ambassadors of the permanent members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, discussed the Burmese junta, the ongoing humanitarian crisis and the pol...

United Bank signs pact with Myanmar banks
Yesterday, June 27, 2008, 1:36:53 PM
KOLKATA: The Kolkata-based United Bank of India (UBI) has signed agreements with three foreign banks for facilitating border trade between India and Myanmar. A UBI release said that these agreements w...

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