Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Daily Archive

Associated Press: Blast hits pro-junta office in Myanmar
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Inside Burma

An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been accused in attacks against Myanmar’s pro-democracy opposition, witnesses said. (more…)

 
Democratic Voice of Burma: NLD begins cleaning ponds for drinking water – Khin Hnin Htet
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Inside Burma

The National League for Democracy’s Cyclone Relief Committee started its work cleaning ponds in villages in Latputta township in the Irrawaddy Delta on Monday, according to committee chairperson Ohn Kyaing. (more…)

 
Irrawaddy: Restrictions tightened on Insein political prisoners – Wai Moe
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Inside Burma

An exercise ban has been imposed on political prisoners in Rangoon’s Insein prison, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners-Burma (AAPP). The regular supplies of books from family members and friends have also been stopped by the authorities, the Thailand-based organization said. (more…)

 
Irrawaddy: Rare birds also victims of Cyclone Nargis – Violet Cho
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Inside Burma

Several rare bird species were decimated by Cyclone Nargis, according to the Myanmar (Burma) Bird and Nature Society. (more…)

 
Xinhua: Myanmar plans permanent houses for storm victims
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Inside Burma

The Myanmar government is planning permanent houses for homeless storm victims in two cyclone-hard-hit regions, assigning some 18 private companies and bankers to implement the special project, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday. (more…)

 
Bangkok Post: Thais evacuated as KNU attacked by Burmese army – Supamart Kasem
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, On The Border

More than 100 Thais were evacuated from Phop Phra district bordering Burma yesterday after Burmese troops sealed off and attacked a Karen stronghold. A resident of Ban Padi said he heard gunfire from 5am. The battleground was opposite the village, just across Padi stream, he said. (more…)

 
Independent Mon News Agency: Teenage migrant worker gang raped, survives
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, On The Border

A 16-year old Burmese migrant worker survived with help from people when she regained consciousness in a bush after a gang in Samut Sakhon Province Southern Thailand raped her for four days and beat her up. (more…)

 
The Strait Times: China signs natural gas deal with Myanmar – Chua Chin Hon
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Business / Trade

CHINA has signed a new deal to buy and pipe natural gas from neighbouring Myanmar to southern Yunnan province, a move that could boost plans for an ambitious oil pipeline along the same route. (more…)

 
Xinhua: Burma pharmaceutical imports on rise
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Business / Trade

The import value of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment of Myanmar continued to grow due to ever increasing demand in the country’s market, the local weekly Myanmar Times reported Tuesday. (more…)

 
Khonumthung News: Mizoram police arrests Burmese arms dealer
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Guns

The Mizoram police arrested a Burmese arms dealer on Saturday for alleged links with Northeast armed groups in India . Arms and ammunition were seized from him. (more…)

 
Borneo Bulletin: Brunei delegation in Myanmar for Asean-COCI meet – Azaraimy HH
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, ASEAN

An 11-member delegation left the country yesterday to take part in the 43rd Meeting of the Asean Committee on Culture and Information (Asean-COCI) to be held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from July 1 to July 3. (more…)

 
Agence France Presse: UN chief says will press Myanmar on democracy
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, International

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pledged on Tuesday to press Myanmar to bring “genuine freedom” to its people after he struck a deal to bring in international aid after a devastating cyclone. (more…)

 
Mizzima News: WFP considers shipping in food for Burmese cyclone victims – Mungpi
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, International

The United Nations World Food Programme has said it is working out details with the government to begin importing food from abroad to supply to cyclone survivors, in Burma’s southwest Irrawaddy and Rangoon division. (more…)

 
Democratic Voice of Burma: Burmese protestors lobby Ban in Japan – Naw Say Phaw
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, International

More than 200 Burmese nationals living in Japan gathered in front of the United Nations office in Tokyo yesterday to urge the visiting UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to take effective measures to resolve Burma’s political impasse. (more…)

 
BBC News: Building Burma’s digital front line
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Opinion, Other

Two months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma aid is slowly continuing to reach the affected people. Helping coordinate the relief effort are a small team of emergency telecoms specialists. John Bursa of the UN’s World Food Programme is one of the few who have worked in the affected region. (more…)

 
United Press International: Junta harrassing Burma’s cyclone survivors – Khin Ohmar
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Opinion, Other

Almost two months after Cyclone Nargis devastated Burma, the preliminary findings of the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment team dispatched to the damaged areas have confirmed that more immediate, lifesaving relief still needs to be provided. At the meeting to discuss these findings, the military regime nudged the official death toll up to 84,537 from 77,738. (more…)

 
Malaysia Star: Call to action – Dr Ng Swee Ming
Tue 1 Jul 2008 
Filed under: News, Opinion, Other

An aid worker in the aftermath of Myanmar’s delta disaster encourages more people to get involved. (more…)