Myanmar’s new prime minister has assured former ethnic rebels that the military government will continue to allow them limited autonomy and promote development in their regions, a news report said.
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One of the few unchallenged accomplishments of Myanmar’s military junta — securing peace with the country’s armed ethnic rebel groups — may be in jeopardy after Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt lost his job this week.
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The sacking and arrest of Myanmar’s premier has exposed the political and economic battle between rival military factions and highlighted widespread corruption in the isolated nation, analysts said Friday.
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Myanmar’s military leadership has admitted the ouster of the nation’s premier was linked to corruption but denied it signaled an end to tentative democratic reforms, diplomatic sources said Friday.
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Myanmar on Friday enacted a law abolishing the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB), state-run Radio Myanmar reported.
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Exiles from Myanmar on Friday criticized a visit to India next week by the head of Myanmar’s military government, saying it sends a wrong signal shortly after the generals replaced a more moderate prime minister with a hardline officer.
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Myanmar yesterday ordered the closure of 19 cross-border trading ports on the Moei River while mobilizing troop reinforcements in the border area, but local business leaders remained optimistic that the impact on trade between the two countries would be short-lived.
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At least 1,200 soldiers have been ordered to participate in a renewed combat against drug-smuggling in two northern provinces near the Thai-Myanmar border, a senior army officer said on Friday.
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Shin Satellite, Krung Thai Tractor, Italian-Thai Development, Tipco Asphalt and Marubeni are among the beneficiaries of the Bt4-billion “soft loan” to Myanmar, The Nation reports.
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October 21: The abrupt change in Myanmar’s Prime Minister has attracted the attention of the international community to keep a close watch on the internal political direction there, once again.
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Myanmar’s military leader Senior General Than Shwe will go ahead with a historic trip to India next week, which had been in doubt after a political shakeup in Yangon.
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The Financial Action Task Force, an international body against money laundering, said Friday it was withdrawing counter-measures against Myanmar and Nauru.
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When: October 29, 2004 Friday, 1 – 3 p.m.

Where:
777 UN Plaza 12th Floor
New York, NY 10017
RSVP : (212)-338-0048
burma1un@igc.org

Speakers:
Khun Teddy Buri
[NLD MP-Elect and President of the Members of the Parliamentary Union, Burma]

Saw David Tharckabaw
[Joint Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Karen National Union]

Thaung Htun
[Representative for UN Affairs, NCGUB]

Moderator:
Maureen Aung-Thwin
[Director of Burma Project/Southeast Asia Initiative, Open Society Institute]

Sandwiches will be served.

Sponsored by Burma UN Service Office

October 21: The National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma does not believe that the dismissal of Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt will drastically change the country’s political direction. (more…)