North Korea cements military ties with Myanmar

A leaked report purportedly drafted by authorities in Myanmar’s military government describes a top-secret visit to North Korea late last year by Myanmar’s top brass, during which the two sides pledged to significantly expand cooperation in military training and arms production, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports.
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Myanmar junta snubs UN secretary-general

The Myanmar junta Saturday snubbed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s requests to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or even to visit the Nobel peace laureate, who is currently in a Yangon jail, sources said.
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Burma Again Rejects UN Chief’s Request to Meet With Aung San Suu Kyi

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) meets with Burma’s junta leader Senior General Than Shwe (R), at the Bayint Naung Yeiktha, in Naypyidaw, 03 Jul 2009
VOA

WITNESS – Overnight in Myanmar’s ghost town capital

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – A green and yellow sign greeted us in English and Burmese with the words: “Welcome to Naypyitaw”. Someone in our bus quipped that it should have read: “Welcome to the Di…
The Star

U.N. chief meets Myanmar leader, denied meeting with Suu Kyi+

BANGKOK, July 4 (AP) – (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE DETAILS) U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon held talks Saturday with the top Myanmar junta leader for the second day in a row but failed to…
Breitbart

Ban in talks with Myanmar

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held a second meeting with the head of Myanmar’s junta on Saturday as he pressed the regime to free Aung San Suu Kyi and allow him to see the pro-democracy leader. …
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Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply disappointed’ at rejection of Aung San Suu Kyi visit request

Yangon, Myanmar: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he is “deeply disappointed” after the Myanmar junta rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San S…
Gulf News

Moon presses for political reform in Myanmar during visit

Bangkok, Jul 4 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Myanmar’s military rulers to free political dissidents and speed up democratisation in the internationally isolated south-east Asian country…
New Kerala

U.N.’s Ban to meet again with Myanmar supremo over Suu Kyi

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets again with Myanmar junta supremo on Saturday when he expects a verdict on whether he will be allowed to visit detained oppositio…
Reuters

Myanmar’s frustrated generation looks abroad

Abroad there is “some hope, some opportunity. But in our country, there’s no hope left,” said Win, who is applying to go to Australia for further studies.Unlike the students who hit the streets in 198…
Gadsden Times

UN chief set for fresh talks with Myanmar leader

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to hold an unexpected second meeting with Myanmar’s junta leader as he presses the regime to free the pro-democracy leader and allow him to see her. Ban pushed iron…
Breitbart

Burma starts to acquire veneer of wealth as elite enjoy times of plenty

Burma starts to acquire veneer of wealth as elite enjoy times of plenty By Amy Kazmin Published: July 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: July 4 2009 03:00
Financial Times

UN chief criticised for praising Burma junta

JULIAN BORGER UN SECRETARY general Ban Ki-moon faced a barrage of criticism last night for apparently praising the Burmese junta without winning any concessions over human rights or a move towards dem…
Irish Times

the state of Burma’s economy

Friday, 03 July 2009 21:05 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – With decades of economic mismanagement under military rule, and presently exacerbated by the global economic crisis, Burma’s economy is facing ser…
Mizzima News

Weekly Eleven lambasts RFA and Mizzima

Friday, 03 July 2009 18:55 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) — A weekly Journal in Rangoon has lambasted  the Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Mizzima News over the report of a journalist who tried to photograph an A/H…
Mizzima News

Absence of rain delays cultivation in Chin state

Friday, 03 July 2009 15:00 New Delhi (Mizzima) – Total absence of rainfall in Chin state, western Burma has put farmers in a spot as they are unable to cultivate paddy, said locals and a social orga…
Mizzima News

The World Today – July 3. UN Secretary-General meets Burmese generals.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a meeting with Myanmar’s junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe (R) in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009. Ban had a rare meeting with Shwe on Friday but le…
Vancouver Sun

Ban gets second meeting with Burmese chief

(1 hr 51 mins ago) UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon is to hold an unscheduled second meeting with the leader of Burma’s military junta tomorrow, a UN spokesman said. The encounter will come after …
The Standard

Burmese junta stalls as UN chief asks to see Suu Kyi

UN chief Ban Ki moon said the head of Burma’s junta has stalled on his request to see Aung San Suu Kyi, leaving his mission to seek the democracy icon’s release at risk of ending in failure. Ban sa…
The Standard

Cyclone survivors struggle with debt burden

OUTKWIN, 3 July 2009 (IRIN) – A year ago, Soe Soe was US$20 in debt. Like many survivors of Nargis who lost their homes, she had no choice but to borrow from money lenders to feed her family – often a…
IRIN

Missing the point on Myanmar

Missing the point on Myanmar By Charles McDermid HUA HIN, Thailand – Burmese writer and historian Thant Myint-U’s first trip to Myanmar (in this interview referred to as Burma) was in 1974, for…
Asia Times

Suu Kyi trial postponed for a week

Lawyers said the trial of Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been adjourned until July 10. Her lawyer Nyan Win said the court presiding over the trial announced the adjournment toda…
IC Wales

UN Has Checkered History Of Diplomacy Over Myanmar

when he flew in and persuaded junta leader Than Shwe belatedly to allow international aid into the country after Cyclone Nargis had killed 138,000 people. But while it showed his quiet diplomacy cou…
Morning Star