AP
Posted: 2007-11-19 10:27:29
SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 (Kyodo) - Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations decided here Monday that U.N. special adviser Ibrahim Gambari should not give any briefing at the ASEAN or East Asia summits on his assessment of ways to defuse the tense political situation in Myanmar, according to informed sources.

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By JIM GOMEZ,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-19 09:12:28
SINGAPORE (AP) - The Philippines warned Monday it is unlikely to ratify a landmark Southeast Asian charter unless Myanmar restores democracy and frees opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The unexpected ultimatum by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was a clear sign that Myanmar will continue to hamper progress by the 10-member […]

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AP
Posted: 2007-11-19 09:14:48

YANGON, Nov. 19 (Kyodo) - Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with the junta’s liaison minister for the third time Monday as part of a U.N. effort to achieve national reconciliation in the military-ruled country, official sources said.
Suu Kyi, currently under house arrest, was driven to a state guesthouse in […]

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RANGOON (Reuters) - Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken on Monday from her villa to a state guesthouse where she is believed to have met the ruling junta’s liaison minister, opposition sources and witnesses said. Witnesses said a government car with tinted windows left Suu Kyi’s tightly guarded lakeside villa in […]

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AP
Posted: 2007-11-18 20:56:49

SINGAPORE (AP) - Southeast Asian nations put finishing touches Monday on a landmark charter that will create an agency to review the region’s human rights - though it contains no powers to punish notorious violators like Myanmar.
The regional constitution will be signed by the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which […]

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AP
Posted: 2007-11-18 06:44:06

SINGAPORE (AP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed hope Sunday that the efforts by the United Nations and the people of Myanmar will help restart national reconciliation after that country’s military rulers recently crushed a pro-democracy movement.
“We believe that we should continue to promote the good offices done by the United Nations and […]

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New curriculum for high schools next year
18.11.07: Burmese junta announced that starting from next academic year (2008/2009) state high schools will have to use a new curriculum.
In Burma government’s schools are the sole provider of the high school education, and all state high schools nationwide have to use a uniform government prescribed curriculum. And Burmese […]

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SINGAPORE (AP) - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Sunday rejected the U.S. Senate’s call to suspend Myanmar, saying the military-ruled country is part of the family and must be disciplined with dialogue.
“Myanmar is part of our family and it is the principle involved,” ASEAN secretary-general Ong Keng Yong told reporters Sunday, a day […]

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By MICHAEL CASEY,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-18 01:58:32
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - The United Nations heaped praise on Myanmar’s military junta this week for allowing meetings with prominent political prisoners and said that progress was being made in brokering discussions between the government and opposition.
On the surface, this looks like steady progress. Pressure from the regime’s closest ally, China, […]

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By VIJAY JOSHI,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-17 22:14:30

SINGAPORE (AP) - Myanmar has often been compared to a relative of questionable character, an embarrassing intrusion at family get-togethers.
Bereft of friends and reviled by many, Myanmar is set to spoil the party again.
The recent crackdown by the country’s military junta on peaceful pro-democracy protesters will figure prominently at an annual […]

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China’s Even-handed Policy on Burma
China blocking UN actions on Burma
16.11.2007: China, Burmese military junta’s main supporter, its main weapons supplier, its main natural gas buyer, and the main investor in Burma, has been blocking any US led efforts in the United Nations Security Council for any further resolution, statements or […]

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ASEAN & It’s New Charter
17.11.2007: On the eve of its 40th Anniversary the ten member Association of South East Asian Nations is making a new charter which will make it more united leading towards European Union style association.
The new Charter states that ASEAN would promote and protect human rights and […]

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Cordless Phones banned in Naypyidaw area
17.11.07: Information coming from Burma said that military junta has banned the use of cordless phone in and around Naypyidaw, Burma’s new administrative capital which junta built in a remote jungle place a few years ago. Junta gave no reason for banning it, but it was […]

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Junta affirmed to push ahead from the third step to seventh step of its roadmap

17.11.2007: Burma military junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe, while addressing the fourth day meeting of the annual conference of pro-junta militant semi-political organization “Kyant Phunt”, confirmed junta’s current position as being on the third stage of […]

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AP
Posted: 2007-11-17 04:31:17

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - China called on Myanmar to speed up democratic reforms, state media reported Saturday - an unusual move for Beijing, which has traditionally refrained from criticizing the military regime.
The call came as a U.N. human rights investigator wrapped up a trip to the country that he said had helped him […]

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Posted: 2007-11-17 02:22:40

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - At least 15 people died in Myanmar’s biggest city when the military crushed September’s pro-democracy demonstrations, five more than the government has acknowledged, according to a U.N. human rights investigator Friday.
Meanwhile, a Chinese diplomat was visiting Myanmar and called on the country to speed up its democratic reforms, according […]

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By GILLIAN WONG,
AP
Posted: 2007-11-16 05:07:43

SINGAPORE (AP) - A U.S. envoy will discuss trade issues with Southeast Asian economic ministers gathering in Singapore next week, and also urge the region to pressure military-ruled Myanmar toward democracy, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab arrives in Singapore Sunday for a two-day visit to meet with […]

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Pro-Junta Ethnic Groups Accused Daw Suu of Reliance on Foreign Powers
16.11.2007: Junta mouthpiece newspapers reported on Friday that pro-junta ceased-fire ethnic armed groups announced their opposition to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s statement which was released on her behalf by United Nations Special Envoy Mr. Gambari on 08.11.07 in Singapore.
These pro-junta ethnic groups accused that […]

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