Yangon, Myanmar – The conditions of Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s detention have gotten “worse” since her conviction this month for violating terms of her previous house arrest, her lawyer said Tuesday. (more…)

New Delhi – Unless Burma’s military regime releases political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, and amends the 2008 constitution, the 2010 general elections will be meaningless and will not usher in any kind of change, the National League for Democracy has said. (more…)

Burma’s armed ethnic groups will increase cooperation with ceasefire groups in an effort to strengthen resistance against government army forces, following a meeting of eight opposition groups. (more…)

Yangon – The World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations has ended its helicopter transportation services of aid supplies in Myanmar’s cyclone-hit Ayayawaddy division this month as emergency phase has passed, a local weekly reported Tuesday. (more…)

In anticipation of any hostilities that might break out between Kokang and the Burma Army, China’s People’s Liberation Army has moved more than 700 troops to the Sino-Burma border, according to a ceasefire source last evening. (more…)

SEOUL – South Korea’s KOGAS (036460.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Tuesday a consortium led by Daewoo International (047050.KS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) would invest a combined $5.6 billion to produce and distribute gas in Myanmar. (more…)

Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, in talks Tuesday with a minister from Myanmar, urged the country’s ruling junta to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as soon as possible. (more…)

A delegation from Myanmar (Burma) led by a top official of a group linked to attacks on supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in Japan on an agricultural mission at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry. (more…)

Several exiled Buddhist monk leaders have told The Irrawaddy that Burmese monks across Burma are preparing to launch another boycott of military personnel and their families due to ongoing abuses against Buddhist principles by the ruling military junta. (more…)

Burma’s key opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sent back from the notorious Insein Prison and now held under house-arrest. But, the uninvited American, the main defender of the dramatic trial in Burma has been already released from imprisonment and sent back to America. In fact, the Senior General Than Shwe exploited the case of John Yettaw, the American swimmer, in order to block the Lady’s right of equal access to join in the political process in Burma. (more…)