Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has refused to comment on the just concluded visit of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, after she was briefed by her legal team, who met her on Wednesday. (more…)

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is denied access to a radio during her time in Rangoon’s Insein Prison, according to her lawyer, Nyan Win. (more…)

In the aftermath of floods in the Uru River and landslides, jade tycoons are distributing much-needed food and drinking water to victims in Hpakant jade land in Burma’s northern Kachin State, said local sources. Massive floods and landslides, one of the worst in recent memory, occurred on July 4 and 5. (more…)

Wei Xuegang, wanted in Thailand and the US on drug charges, has decided to give up his newly constructed maximum security mansion west of the Wa capital Panghsang on the Sino-Burma border, according to local sources. (more…)

Col Chit Thu, the commander of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) Battalion 999 is now believed to be the most powerful man in the DKBA administration. (more…)

A 13-year-old girl visited Singapore together with her family on 21 June and arrived back in Yangon on 26 June at 1.30 pm. Although she was found to have no fever while she was screened by health staff at the airport, she had to be hospitalized at 9 pm on 26 June after her teacher had noticed her having a persistent cough during the private tuition. She was kept in a private room of Yangon General Hospital. After giving her a check-up, the National Health Laboratory on 27 June confirmed that she was infected with new influenza A (H1N1). (more…)

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjejiva proposes to visit neighbouring military-ruled Burma later this month, sources in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. (more…)

Major industrialized nations have issued a call for Burma to free all political prisoners, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

The United States has expressed concern over the possibility of an emerging nexus between North Korea and Burma that would see the two countries trade in material for nuclear proliferation. (more…)

The North Korean ship that tried to steam to Burma last month isn’t the only problem facing the U.S. and its allies. There’s a much broader military relationship growing between the two pariah states — one that poses a growing threat to stability in Asia-Pacific. (more…)

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s controversial two-day trip to military-ruled Burma to discuss the continued detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and conditions in the country prior to the 2010 elections has been widely criticized as a failure. Eight previous diplomatic visits by UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari also failed to dent the intransigence of the military regime. (more…)

Along the shores of artificial Inya Lake, the empty compound of Aung San Suu Kyi lies within plain sight as couples stroll the path. Her home also is a curious attraction to onlookers from a hotel a minute’s walk away. (more…)

Members of the Chin Democracy and Human Rights Network staged a rally against the Myanmar government in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Korea on July 5. (more…)