UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to meet senior members of the party of Aung San Suu Kyi when he visits Myanmar this week but has no plans yet to see the opposition leader, a party spokesman said. (more…)
North Korea is suspected to have illegally exported weapons to Burma via overland routes through China to avoid naval detection or interception, a South Korean newspaper said yesterday. (more…)
A meeting of health officials and migrant workers came after increasing fears about swine flu spreading in public places. Migrant workers were advised about safety precautions, and employers were urged to provide ID’s that would allow migrants to access hospitals. (more…)
The tripartite Core Group is urging donors to contribute US$ 157 million for rebuilding schools in cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta of Burma. (more…)
Eight Burmese detainees were wounded after a small riot broke out at the Semenyih Immigration camp near Kajang Township, in Malaysia on Wednesday. (more…)
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he was embarking on a “very difficult” mission to Myanmar aimed at obtaining political results from the ruling military, but pledged to do his best. (more…)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Burma Friday to push for the release of political prisoners and national reconciliation. His visit comes as Burma’s military rulers seek to jail democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Rights groups and Burma’s government in exile hope the U.N. chief’s intervention will make a difference. (more…)
The British embassy in Jakarta will display a giant image of jailed Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to call for her release and that of other political prisoners in the military-ruled country. (more…)
There is little hope for a release of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi when United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the country tomorrow. So far, the ruling military junta has ignored all calls by the international community for a negotiated solution to the country’s political problems. Mr. Ban’s visit will follow eight previous visits by U.N. envoy Ibrahim Gambari — all of which failed to achieve anything but a few cosmetic changes and publicity stunts. Once the dust has settled, it has always been business as usual. (more…)
To critics of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Burma has long served as proof of the organization’s ineffectuality. For decades, the country’s ruling junta has suppressed democracy, oppressed its people, and ignored global calls to observe human rights. ASEAN member nations have previously been reluctant to apply economic sanctions to Burma because of a founding agreement not to intervene in the affairs of fellow members. (more…)
If the secretary general’s visit has little impact on the junta, it risks further damaging the UN’s credibility around the world. (more…)
Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General will visit Burma on Friday. And during his two-day stay, Ban has sought a meeting with Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and the ruling junta’s military Chief Senior General Than Shwe. (more…)
Burmese politicians have expressed fear that Ban Ki-moon’s visit to Burma will achieve little without concerted attempts to meet National League for Democracy members, including Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported more than a 100 percent increase in HIV-AIDS deaths in Mon State in the last two months. (more…)
A large number of houses near the Myitkyina airport have to be demolished for its expansion. U Myo Myint, a secretary of the Kachin State Peace and Development Council told this to heads of Aye Mya Tharyar ward yesterday following measurements of the airport runway and the need for its expansion on June 28, said locals. (more…)
A large number of houses near the Myitkyina airport have to be demolished for its expansion. U Myo Myint, a secretary of the Kachin State Peace and Development Council told this to heads of Aye Mya Tharyar ward yesterday following measurements of the airport runway and the need for its expansion on June 28, said locals. (more…)
The Burmese military junta has banned local villagers from travelling on the Indo-Burma border, especially the southern part of Mizoram state of India and south of Chin State in Burma, after seven villagers from two Indian villages died of an unknown disease, said a local resident. (more…)
Burma’s state-run media reported on Wednesday that Snr-Gen Than Shwe, the head of the Burmese junta, has congratulated the recently re-elected president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (more…)
Sponsor of China’s Hong Kong Trade Fair is seeking exhibitors and buyers from Myanmar, aiming at strengthening bilateral trade between Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Myanmar. (more…)
A North Korean carrying ship being tracked by the US navy as it apparently made its way towards Burma has reportedly turned around, US officials said yesterday. (more…)