According to The News International report on Monday, June 02, nearly a month after a cyclone tore through swathes of Myanmar, residents in this Irrawaddy Delta village are only now getting the plastic sheets and...
The Myanmar government has extended Suu Kyi's house arrest for another year.62 year old Suu Kyi has spent more than 12 of the last 18 years in detention and her supporters argue that she must be released or be tried...
Rangoon played host to a meeting of international donors who pledged about $50million in aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis.Burma's military junta asked for $11billion but donors expressed weariness over the...
Burmese authorities are facing an uphill battle in their aid efforts. The upcoming weekend promises further bad weather, hampering aid. The Burmese government has been criticized for mismanagement...
In all my years as
a teenager and then as an adult, the name of Aung San Suu Kyi has cropped up
from time to time in the news, a brave woman non violently battling the might
of the Burmese military junta ceaselessly now for decades. It was when she won
the Nobel Peace...