Two Burmese ethnic rebel groups are supporting a call for the United Nations Security Council to take up an urgent initiative to bring political reforms to military-ruled Burma.
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Burma’s sole internet provider, Bagan Cybertech, has been nationalised and is under the control of the Ministry of Telecommunication, Post and Telegraphs according to sources in Rangoon.
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September 25: There is a popular teashop in Rangoon’s Yekyaw quarters called “Maung Aye”. One of the tea brands put to good use by the shop includes “Soe Win”, made by a company on Theinbyu Street. Also, as it is, one of the condensed milk brands happens to be “Shwe Mann”, another local product.
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September 24: Yangon: South Korean stars staged a special concert at the National Theater here Saturday evening to commemorate the 30th anniversary of South Korea-Myanmar diplomatic relationship.
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Exiled National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB), in statement issued on 25 September, welcomed the call for an urgent, new, and multilateral diplomatic initiative at the UN Security Council to bring change to Burma.
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September 25: When the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria decided to stop funding projects in Burma last month, it claimed that aid workers were unable to do their jobs properly.
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September 24: Yangon: Myanmar Saturday denounced a US government report that accused the military-ruled country of failing to meet its obligations in the fight against drugs.
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Kuala Lumpur: Southeast Asian lawmakers said Monday they will push their governments to suspend Myanmar from the ASEAN regional bloc if it fails to release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners within a year.
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September 25: Dhaka: Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to ease visa procedures for each other’s business people, and to increase sea shipments to boost trade between the two neighbor countries, an official said Sunday.
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A total of 44 bodies of Burmese victims of the tsunami which hit southern Thailand last December were identified in September, according to the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma.
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British Shadow Foreign Secretary Liam Fox has called on Prime Minister Tony Blair to support United States calls for Burma to be placed on the United Nations Security Council agenda next month.
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September 24: The former Czech president Vaclav Havel and retired archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa on Tuesday hailed a report they had commissioned on the ways in which Burma’s military junta threatens peace and security beyond its borders. (more…)

Vaclav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, and Bishop Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, have weighed in on how the international community should deal with the military thugs in Burma (officially Myanmar), commissioning a report on the country’s security and human rights situation.
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