Yangon: Myanmar’s detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her period of house arrest extended by another year, her opposition party and security officials said on Monday.
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Yangon: Myanmar’s military leadership said Monday it was united and denied a purge of its former premier and his allies had left hardliners in charge, according to state media.
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Yangon: Thrown into prison 16 years ago as a strong-willed young student leader, Min Ko Naing, the highest profile dissident among more than 9,000 detainees freed by Myanmar’s military rulers, has emerged a frail and disoriented middle-aged man, supporters say.
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Yangon: More than 9,000 prisoners have been freed in Myanmar, completing releases recently promised by the military government, state-run media said Monday.
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November 27: Burma yesterday reaffirmed its commitment to the seven-step road map towards democracy initiated by ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, saying the recent change in personnel would not mean changes in policy.
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Chittagong: The UNHCR is likely to review next month its stance on two Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar to persuade the government to end the stalemate in negotiations over the fate of the remaining 20, 000
refugees, said Ashfaq Wares Khan from Dhaka on 26th November 2004.
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Vientiane, Laos: Southeast Asian nations and China signed an accord Monday to create the world’s biggest free trade area by removing tariffs for their 2 billion people by decade’s end – a key step in their vision of a trade bloc to rival Europe and North America.
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Kuala Lumpur: Asean Governments have been “too soft for too long” with Myanmar, according to the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Caucus on Myanmar today.
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November 25: Yangon: Four separate agreements have been signed in Yangon over the past three days for total grants of $197,193 under Japan’s Grassroots Grant Assistance program, the Japanese Embassy said Thursday.
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Singapore: The Singapore government has come out publicly to urge Myanmar to make more determined and visible progress on its roadmap to democracy. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who met Myanmar’s Prime Minister Soe Win
on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Laos, expressed his concern at the situation in Myanmar.
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November 27: The UN envoy also believes that change in Burma can only come from within the country, strongly hinting that international pressure may not work.
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Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s temperamental prime minister, is so annoyed by criticism of the violence in southern Thailand that he threatened last week to walk out of today’s south-east Asian summit if the subject was
even raised.
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