S.H.A.N. : Friday, 21 August 2009 15:42
Sao Yawdserk, the leader of the Shan State (SSA) South that has been fighting against Burma’s military rulers, has warned Thailand of more asylum seekers unless the regional grouping Asean gives a down-to-earth interpretation of its cardinal policy of non-interference.

He was speaking in connection to the Burma Army’s [...]

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Why? Now that Laura Ling and Euna Lee are home from North Korea and John Yettaw has been freed from a Myanmar prison, that’s surely the question. Why were three idiots worth rescue missions by a former U.S. president and a serving U.S. senator? They weren’t kidnapped; they weren’t hostages. All three knowingly broke the [...]

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AAPP’s alternative to the regime’s so-called ‘Road Map to Democracy’
Step One:  The regime must publicly acknowledge the very existence of political prisoners, something it has consistently denied.
Step Two: The regime must release the 137 estimated political prisoners in bad health.
Step [...]

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Read it all here:- 87-and-2002

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AFP – US monitoring Myanmar on NKorea sanctions: envoy
AFP – Myanmar vote give opportunity for change: think tank
The New York Times – Myanmar Troops Gain on Rebels as Villagers Flee
Bangkok Post – Opinion: Garbled utterings and naive expectations
Newsweek – Same Old Song and Dance
The Jakarta Post – RI supports Myanmar in [...]

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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 [...]

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Same Old Song and Dance
Webb’s Tangled Message
USDA Leader in Japan
30 More Karens Flee Hlinebwe
Malaysian Arrested for Smuggling Burmese
I saved Suu Kyi’s life, says freed American
ASEAN senior officials meet in Indonesia to discuss regional issues
Myanmar Troops Gain on Rebels as Villagers Flee
ASEAN officials agree on joint appeal for Suu Kyi’s release
Elections could take Burma ‘in unexpected [...]

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August 21, 2009
The Restoration Council of the Shan State (RCSS) today calls on ASEAN and the UN to investigate and help in solving the problems caused by the Burmese military regime’s latest four cuts campaign in central and southern Shan State. Over 10,000 villagers have recently been driven out from their homes in Laikha, Kaesi [...]

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The late Chao Tzang Yawnghwe had said “Given a correct perception and grasp of political and historical realities and politics by Burmese leaders, there seems little reason why national unity cannot be achieved without resorting to war and bloodshed”.
I agree with him. However, I feel that unity can only happen when there is complete trust [...]

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Time for Decisive Action
By AUNG MOE ZAW

Thursday, August 20, 2009
IRRAWADDY MAGAZINE (online edition)
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 military regime [...]

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- Interview with King Zero, by Ashin Sopaka and Alexandra for The Best Friend | 19.08.2009
King Zero / Ashin Issariya, 34 is one of the key leading monks of Burma’s uprising against the military regime, known as the Saffron Revolution in 2007.
He is one of the few founding members of the All Burma Monks Alliance [...]

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by Jeffrey D. Sachs
- Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor of Economics and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. He is also a Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General on the Millennium Development Goals.
NEW YORK – It is now almost a year since the world economy teetered on the edge [...]

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IRIN – MYANMAR: Helicopter aid service grounded
AP – US man says no regrets about Myanmar jailing
AFP – ASEAN mulls Suu Kyi amnesty call: Indonesia
Reuters – Myanmar junta urges West to lift sanctions
New York Times – Released Prisoner of Myanmar Junta Returns Home Unrepentant
The Daily Times – Senate HR body condemns [...]

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Burma Army beheads woman

Thursday, 06 August 2009 17:18 Hseng Khio Fah

A local woman in Mongkeung Township, southern Shan State was beheaded by the Burma Army troops  that have been launching a four-cut campaign since 27 July , according to villagers who recently fled to Thailand.
In the morning [...]

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Junta Conscripts Ethnic Youths
Eastern Burma: Another Darfur?
Regime Goal: The Strongest Army in Southeast Asia
Survey Work Pressing Ahead at Hat Gyi Dam Site
Secret Norwegian Letter Blasts UN Chief
Myanmar junta urges West to lift sanctions
NEW YORK TIMES: Keep Myanmar sanctions
The long wait
ASEAN mulls Suu Kyi amnesty call
Trade exhibition launched in Myanmar former capital
MYANMAR: Helicopter aid service grounded
Senate [...]

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US man says no regrets about Myanmar jailing
American John Yettaw said Wednesday he has no regrets about taking a secret swim to the home of Myanmar’s detained democracy leader – a decision that landed them both in prison – and indicated that he…
The Miami Herald

Myanmar junta urges West to lift sanctions [...]

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