Bangkok: Crippling economic realities in military-ruled Burma may pose a more formidable threat to the junta than the simmering political front, say analysts in the wake of a rare public protest in Rangoon over a range of domestic problems.
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Foreigners working in Burma for the UN and international NGOs are paid up to 25 times more than local staff, according to a Rangoon journal article that has won applause from Burmese readers.
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According to Maj Gen Bee Htoo, Chief of Staff of the Karenni Army, the military arm of the Karenni National Progressive Party, the Burma Army will be launching a dry season offensive against his army and the Shan State Army (SSA) come April, reported the local Chiangmai News yesterday.
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A 34-member trade delegation from Burma, including officials of its union, has begun a tour of Indian states. They arrived in Imphal, capital of the Indian state of Manipur bordering Burma on Wednesday morning.
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New York: Two ethnic women-one a US citizen and another fighting for the cause from Mizoram- Tuesday urged the international community to save Burmese women from “state-sanctioned” sexual crimes.
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Bangkok: Activists call on Thailand to cancel Salween dam plans with Myanmar Bangkok, Thai and Myanmar villagers, backed by activists around the world, on Wednesday appealed to the Thai government to end its collaboration with military-run Myanmar in building five hydro-electic dams on the Salween River.
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United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-Moon yesterday hailed a new agreement between the Burmese government and the International Labour Organization on a mechanism for processing forced labour claims.
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United Nations: The United States criticized the United Nations for refusing to list a panel it organized Tuesday entitled “State-Sanctioned Mass Rape in Burma and Sudan” on a U.N. Web site.
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