Recent Burmese News – 090821

Aug 21st, 2009

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Max Myanmar Company awarded mining contract

Friday, 21 August 2009 16:16 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Burmese Ministry of Mines has awarded Max Myanmar Group of Companies, a domestic conglomerate owned by business tycoon Zaw Zaw, a contract to pr…
Mizzima News

30 More Karens Flee Hlinebwe

Some 30 Karen people from Hlinebwe District in Pa-an Township have fled to the Thai-Burmese border recently to escape forced recruitment and other abuses by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), …
The Irrawaddy

Burmese Released from Malaysian Detention Center

Eighty Burmese migrants have been released from an immigration detention center near Kuala Lumpur International Airport with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee office (UNHCR)…
The Irrawaddy

Myanmar Troops Gain on Rebels as Villagers Flee

MAE SALID, Thailand — For the first time in at least a decade, Myanmar’s central government controls most of its own border with Thailand. By the standards of most countries this might n…
Gadsden Times

The Strongest Army in Southeast Asia

The Burmese military regime is well on its way to modernizing its military services, including a self-manufacturing infrastructure for the army, navy and air force. Many of the changes have occurred u…
The Irrawaddy

The Virtues of Careful Engagement

As a dissident who openly turned his back on sanctions and, since 2003, has attempted engagement with the junta, albeit with little or no success, I welcome US Sen. Jim Webb’s highly publicized vi…
The Irrawaddy

A message to Mr. John Yettaw

Friday, 21 August 2009 13:04 Dear Mr. John Yettaw, How are you doing? I hope you are better and ready for a good rest at your home, sweet home. I am glad you were released. You may not have heard yet …
Mizzima News

Myanmar reports two dozen A/H1N1 flu cases in nearly two months

YANGON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — Two dozen people have been infected with new influenza A/H1N1 in Myanmar in nearly two months since the country reported the first case of the influenza in late June, accor…
SINA

U.S. man says no regrets about Myanmar jailing

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — John Yettaw the father, husband and long-retired military man left southern Missouri months ago, little known beyond his friends and family. He returned as the American who swam un…
The China Post

Time for Decisive Action

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is guilty and her sentence is three years hard labor. That was the judgment handed down by a court in the compound of the notorious Insein Prison on August 11th, 2009. As a result…
The Irrawaddy

Campaigners call for commission of inquiry into junta crimes

Thursday, 20 August 2009 23:00 New Delhi (Mizzima) – Campaigners say now is the time for the international community, particularly the United Nations, to call on the Security Council to establish a co…
Mizzima News

Mutual farming system results in loss of land for farmers

Thursday, 20 August 2009 22:15 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The mutual farming system in collaboration with private companies has been a disaster for over 1,600 farmers from Dagon Seikkan Township in Rang…
Mizzima News

Veteran writer Kan Chun dies

Thursday, 20 August 2009 18:56 Veteran writer Kan Chun  died on Thursday at about 3 p.m. (local time) at his residence in Burma’s second largest city, Mandalay.
Mizzima News

U,S, man has no regrets about swim that led to Myanmar leader’s prison term

John Yettaw of Falcon, Mo. rides an elevator at O’Hare International Airport, Wednesday in Chicago. Yettaw was freed Sunday after visiting U.S. Sen. Jim Webb met with Myanmar military junta leaders an…
Salt Lake Tribune

Kachin film screening in Rangoon

Thursday, 20 August 2009 20:38 New Delhi (Mizzima) – An ethnic movie titled ‘Seeking love in evergreen forest’, with Burmese subtitles, for the first time will begin screening in Rangoon from August…
Mizzima News

Pakistan Senate HR Committee condemns Burmese junta

Thursday, 20 August 2009 19:29 New Delhi (Mizzima) – Pakistan’s Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday came down heavily on Burma’s military junta for sentencing opposition leade…
Mizzima News

Seventy nine debtors file lawsuit against bean traders

Thursday, 20 August 2009 19:06 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Six of the seven bean traders, accused of defaulting on their debt last year, have been sued in court by 79 people, who claim that they had not be…
Mizzima News

Webb visit challenges opposition assumptions

Thursday, 20 August 2009 18:51 Mizzima News -  The fallout from U.S. Senator Jim Webb’s recent visit to Burma sheds light on inherent fissures and miscommunication both internal to Burma’s leadin…
Mizzima News

Junta Conscripts Ethnic Youths

About 70 Chin teenagers in Matupi Township in Chin State in western Burma have been forced into military training, according to Chin sources. Local sources said soldiers from Infantry Battalion No.304…
The Irrawaddy

Rise in child labour feared over Thai policy

Thursday, 20 August 2009 18:20 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Thai Government’s policy of not registering families of migrant workers is likely to escalate the problems of child labour, a social worker …
Mizzima News

Junta alert about possible monk-led protests

Thursday, 20 August 2009 17:53 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Firm in its belief that Buddhist monks are gearing up for another round of protests, the Burmese military junta has put main Buddhist monasterie…
Mizzima News

Burma junta urges West to lift sanctions

Army-ruled Burma urged Western countries on Thursday to lift economic sanctions and allow the country to modernise and achieve its democratic goals.
Mail and Guardian

Rights group urges Thailand to look after detained Rohingya

Thursday, 20 August 2009 14:05 Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – In the wake of two deaths in the detention camp, a  rights group in Thailand has urged Thai authorities to provide humanitarian assistance incl…
Mizzima News

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