Posted in Articles in English on Nov 9th, 2010 No Comments »
By Louis Charbonneau
UNITED NATIONS | Tue Nov 9, 2010 1:35am EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – After months in limbo due to Chinese objections, a U.N. report suggesting North Korea may have supplied Syria, Iran and Myanmar with banned nuclear technology is heading to the Security Council.
The [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 6th, 2010 No Comments »
06nov10 Foreign Relations of the Burmese Military Junta 20101105
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 5th, 2010 No Comments »
By Nehginpao Kipgen November 2, 2010 http://www.bt.com.bn/opinion/2010/11/02/where-myanmar-headed-after-election
There has been a lingering question as to what might happen after a general election in Burma, which is scheduled for November 7. The military junta has so far been successful in its manipulated game of an expected easy victory.
As a keen observer on the Burmese [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Nov 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
Global Justice CentreWritten by Phyu Phyu Sann, GJC Burma Researcher
I am part of a generation of people from Burma who grew up dreaming of and longing for justice. A generation that continues to be victimized by terrible acts of mass atrocities carried out by our own ruling regime. Extrajudicial killings, torture, and [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 26th, 2010 No Comments »
By Robert Kelley
Special to The Nation
Published on October 26, 2010
For several years reports have been emerging from Burma about its nuclear ambitions, supported by claims of varying provenance about equipment purchases and overt attempts to buy nuclear technology from Russia.
Now a brave military officer, who defected from the secretive state, has provided photographs of specialised [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 26th, 2010 1 Comment »
Panglong Conference: A Blue-print for Future Burma’s Nation Building
Salai Za Ceu Lian
26 October 2010 – Chinland Guardian: On October 24, 2010, a historically and politically significant statement calling for the second Panglong Conference was jointly issued during the 22nd anniversary of the Zomi National Congress by veteran politicians [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
DICTATOR WATCH
(www.dictatorwatch.org)
Contact: Roland Watson, roland@dictatorwatch.org
WHERE IS VICE SENIOR GENERAL MAUNG AYE?
October 23, 2010
Please forward.
Dictator Watch has received information that the number two general in Burma’s military junta, Vice Senior General Maung Aye, was placed under house arrest on August 27th. We have had this information for some weeks, but did not publish [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Chinland Guardian: Shan Artists banded to uncover Burma’s Sham 2010 Elections
18 October 2010 – Chiang Mai, Thailand: More than 30 well-known Shan artists and activists teamed up with Thai border-based community groups in producing a new VCD, exposing the truth about Burma’s SPDC-controlled 2010 Elections and possible post-election impacts [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 13th, 2010 1 Comment »
13oct10 Enemies of the Burmese Revolution 20101013
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 7th, 2010 No Comments »
- Asian Tribune – Thu, 2010-10-07 03:26 — editor
* Article
By Zin Linn
On September 27, the UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Asian nations that their credibility could suffer if they do not take a tougher line with the Burmese junta ahead of a national election in November. Ban exhorted the military junta’s neighbors to do more [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Oct 4th, 2010 2 Comments »
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/opinion/04iht-edclegg.html
I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor
By NICK CLEGG
Published: October 3, 2010
We are now a month away from the first elections in Burma in 20 years. That should give us cause to celebrate. Sadly, that is wishful thinking. Burma’s 55 million people continue to suffer brutal oppression. Abject, needless poverty is, for most, a daily reality. These elections will [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Sep 11th, 2010 No Comments »
A house divided will fall, warns distinguished Shan monk
Friday, 10 September 2010 18:11 S.H.A.N.
As the elections draw near, one of the most respected a Shan monk who wishes to remain unidentified, has warned people of Shan State to take the opportunity offered to them and strive for unity.
His [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Sep 10th, 2010 No Comments »
A young girl recruited to the Kachin Independence Army in Burma. Pic: AP
http://www.asiancorrespondent.com/uzinlinn/can-burma-maintains-peace-and-stability-on-its-borders
Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior General Than Shwe is in Beijing at present. Meeting Than Shwe on September 8, China’s President Hu Jintao says he “understands and supports the Myanmar government’s efforts to promote ethnic [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Sep 1st, 2010 1 Comment »
By Nehginpao Kipgen Aug 31, 2010 http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41941/
With just a little over two months before the general election in Burma, which is scheduled for Nov. 7, the United States joined Australia, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia in calling for the creation of a U.N.-led commission to investigate alleged [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 31st, 2010 No Comments »
Asia Times Online : By Bertil Lintner
BANGKOK – Myanmar’s government has announced democratic elections will be held on November 7 and Western pundits are busy speculating whether the polls will lead to a new, more open era in the troubled country’s modern history. A far more important and potentially sinister plan is [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 29th, 2010 No Comments »
By Nehginpao Kipgen 29 August 2010 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2010/August/opinion_August168.xml§ion=opinion&col=
With just a little over two months before the general election in Burma, which is scheduled for November 7, the United States joined countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia for the creation of a UN-led commission to investigate alleged [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
Asia Correspondent: http://us.asiancorrespondent.com/
Election curbs guarantee a new mask for Burma’s Dictator?
Aug. 23 2010 – 10:33 pm
By – Zin Linn
Veteran politician Thu Wai, chairman of the newly formed Democratic Party (Myanmar) contesting Burma’s upcoming elections emphasized on 22 August that the ruling military-backed USDP party will easily win the most seats because challengers face financial [...]
Posted in Articles in English on Aug 22nd, 2010 No Comments »
July 28th, 2010 by Hla Oo, Guest Contributor
Cut off clean by a single sword stroke the severed head of 32-year-old Colonel Hata Kawashima of Imperial Japanese Army 15th Corps fell to the ground.
It bounced once and slowly rolled down into a small depression a couple of yards away and rested on blindfolded face. The [...]