Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi on trial

Junta seems to have have forgot the power of listining, whole world is crying that Suu Kyi is innocent and the latest charge is not genuine to put her behind the bars, but Junta started the trial and trying to extend the detention period for another one year.Next year Junta...

Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi held in Insein jail

Burma's pro-democracy leader and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been detained at Insein prison in Rangoon and has been charged under section 22 of the State Protection...

Burma's Suu Kyi 'to face trial', shifted to prison

Junta is not not ready to show any mercy on pro-democracy leader  Aung San Su Kyi but leaves no opportunity to punish her.  Latest incident of Junta's harsh action is all about an US man visit and charges of...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi 'in poor health'

Burmese democracy leader Aung San Sui Kyi is reported to be in poor health.  She has been under house arrest in Burma since 1989 for agitating for a return to democratic government.  The party that she...

Myanmar junta rejects appeal for Suu Kyi release

Global effort to pressure Junta so the Free Democracy Leader of Mayanmar could be released paid no dividend. Strange it seems that how world leaders who wage war and impose sanction cannot do this.Several plea of UN fell in deaf ears of Junta."Myanmar's junta has rejected an...

One year after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar: struggle remains

It has been one year since Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, where about 140,000 people died, thousands of structures were destroyed, and peoples' lives were changed forever. One year later and people are still...

Popular snack in Myanmar tainted with chemical dye

Myanmar's Health Ministry has banned food products that have been found to have Auramine O which is a chemical used to "dye cotton, wool, silk and leather." The Ministry says that when foods containing Auramine O are consumed for a long period of time, it "could be harmful to...

US: No Change in Burma Policy

In its daily press briefings held on 26th March, United States has once again confirmed that, the visit of Director level official toBurma couldn’t be seen as a change in US policy concerning economic sanction. The US State Department Acting Deputy Spokesperson –...

US disappointed by Junta’s ignoring the call of UNSC

(on www.burmareview.org) In a press briefings issued on 24th March 2009 (PRN: 2009/254), US Department of State – Acting Department Spokesperson – Mr. Robert Wood has ‘once again  urged the Burmese authorities to release all political prisoners and initiate a...

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Illegally Detained, UN Says

Aung San Suu Kyi, the renowned pro-democracy leader in Myanmar who has been held under house arrest for the past 13 years, is being detained illegally a U.N. ruling revealed Monday.The working group that made the...

South/East Asia Today.

South/East Asia Today. Is a weekly + round up of the 10 or so most important News events. Via, Uwe Paschen.   US Secretary of State H. Clinton still touring Asia Asking for money to bail out the US. As the US...

Myanmar migrants say cast adrift by Thais: Indonesia navy

IDI RAYEUK, Indonesia - Myanmar boat people found off Indonesia said Tuesday they had been towed out to sea and set adrift by Thai forces, fuelling allegations which have severely embarrassed Bangkok.About 200 men from Myanmar's minority Muslim Rohingya community were found...

Top Ten Humanitarian Crises List Released by MSF

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has released its 11th annual top-ten humanitarian crises list highlighting what the organization sees as the 10 worst humanitarian crises in the world for...

2. Natural Disasters: Sharing Emergency Information: 2008 Review

" 2008's Top 10 Moments in User-Generated News 1.    Mumbai attacks2.    Natural disasters: Emergency info 3.    SF Olympic torch relay protests 4.   ...

More savings, investment stressed in Myanmar in face of global financial crisis

Financial crisis has affect many other countries,thosa people who are working other countries,they are coming back there countries for the job. " The official newspaper New Light of Myanmar Wednesday stressed the need for the country to work for more savings and investment...

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