August 29: The British ambassador in Rangoon, on 29 August, met Burma’s main opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders to clarify matters relating to the conference on the future of Burma, to be held at Wilton Park in southern England.
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There is a growing sense of anxiety among farmers for they were ordered not to cultivate paddy in the Htamanthi hydel project area in northwestern Burma. The project will commence very soon in Sagaing Division of Burma with the assistance from India.
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The military rulers of Burma are critical about the foreign media’s role in releasing ‘motivated’ news and broadcasting without authentication. This was the view of Brig. Gen. Kyaw Hsan, Minister for Information under the State Peace and Development Council, which runs the country.
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The embattled ceasefire group Shan State Army ‘North’ has been given orders to move out its Third Brigade from its operational area, report ceasefire sources form the Shan State’s northern capital, Lashio.
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Residents of Akyab have to pay 500 kyats a house per month for street lights in the capital of Arakan State.
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August 29: Bangladesh troops seized thousands of rounds of ammunition on Monday in a forest near the country’s border with Myanmar in the latest of a series of weapons and ammunition hauls, security officials said.
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Thai state energy firm PTT Exploration and Production International has begun drilling for gas in an offshore test well off the south-east coast of Myanmar, a state-run newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Human trafficking is on the rise worldwide, with millions of women and children ending up as sex slaves, beggars and mine labourers each year, U.N. officials said on Tuesday.
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August 28: Due to neglect by the United Nations and the international community, Arakan nationals from western Burma taking refuge in Bangladesh are facing more difficulties for survival, according to a report by Narinjara News.
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The Thai Sardine factory authorities in Banbon, Bangkok have laid off over 700 Burmese workers for not having work permits.
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Were the generals really pushed, or did they jump?

Myanmar appeared to be in agony a month ago as it gave in to pressure from countries it thought were its friends and renounced its turn next year in the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
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August 29: The official document from Burma’s Ministry of Communications, Post and Telegraph (MCPT) to the Thai government requesting support for a low-interest loan and grant for the development of Burma’s telecommunication infrastructure suddenly turned into a confidential document when Matichon began an investigative report, said an editorial in that daily newspaper.
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