Myanmar Junta Still Wary of Foreign Help

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...

Myanmar junta extends Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest

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...

Burma to receive $50m in aid

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...

Burma death toll soar, aid efforts criticized

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...

Myanmar’s Military Despotism

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...

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