Myanmar’s state-run media warned on Friday that a rare demonstration a day earlier had broken the law, and could bring a crackdown against those who took to the streets demanding lower prices and better education.
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Three reporters arrested yesterday by the police in Rangoon were released after about five hours in detention.
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Yangon: A normally bustling Yangon market was eerily quiet Friday — a day after a group of protesters held a rare demonstration there against Myanmar’s military-run government over economic hardships.
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An 88 generation student leader in Rangoon today lambasted the junta for accusing peaceful demonstrators yesterday, of instigating unrest and riots with a populist motive and to receive rewards from abroad.
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The military authorities are still detaining eight people who had organised a pubic literacy seminar in Paungtalei town without framing charges for over two weeks now.
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The Burmese military government has stepped up its military assault on Karen communities in eastern Burma, according to latest reports by the Free Burma Rangers.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has upgraded its food assistance that began in 2004 to former poppy farmers in Shan State from emergency operations to protracted relief and recovery operations beginning 2007, according to a copy of its project proposal with S.H.A.N.
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Naypyidaw: Myanmar’s generals call their new administrative capital “the abode of kings” and in keeping with the name the year-old town of Naypyidaw offers many luxuries that are unimaginable elsewhere in the country.
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Forces from Myanmar have captured a rebel base run by the Indian separatist group, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K).
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India is Burma’s second-largest export market and ranks seventh as a source of imports into Burma. This added up to $577 million in the financial year 2004-2005, but the Indian Chamber of Commerce has set a target of almost double that figure to $1 billion for the current 2006-2007 year.
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Yangon: A three-day pearl auction, sponsored by the state-run Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (MPE), is underway here, attracting dozens of foreign pearl traders.
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Burma’s generals are quoted in official newspapers as claiming they want to build a modern and developed nation with “flourishing disciplined democracy.” But consider the true picture…
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