New Delhi – Lawyers of detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday met with her as part of their preparation to submit a final argument in their appeal to the Supreme Court against her sentence, according to her lawyers. (more…)

New Delhi – With the testimony of a defense witness on Tuesday, Rangoon’s Southern District court concluded witness hearings in the trial against Burmese-born American Kyaw Zaw Lwin, (alias) Nyi Nyi Aung. (more…)

The detained organizer of weekly prayer ceremonies that called for the release of political prisoners in Burma yesterday complained about prison conditions in a court appearance. (more…)

A Burmese political party will reconsider its decision to enter this year’s elections if the announcement date of the electoral laws does not leave sufficient time to campaign, the party chairman said. (more…)

Shillong — Assam Rifles has decided to raise 26 more battalions to man the treacherous Indo-Myanmar border to check cross-border terrorism. (more…)

Businessmen associated with Burma’s military junta are not just profiting from their cozy relations with the country’s top generals, they’re also being honored for their contributions to society, according to reports from Rangoon. (more…)

A strong Vietnamese entrepreneurs delegation, made up of 60 members,will visit Myanmar starting Thursday to meet its Myanmar counterparts for discussions on enhancing trade and investment to boost economic cooperation. (more…)

On May 20, 2006, Ibrahim Gambari, the gregarious UN under-secretary general for political affairs, met with leaders of Burma’s military junta and their most famous political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi [1]. It was Gambari’s first trip to Burma, and the first time in two years that the country’s secretive rulers had granted a UN official such high-level access. Gambari’s optimism was palpable: “They want to open up another chapter of relationship with the international community,” the seasoned Nigerian diplomat said in a press conference [2] on May 24. But three days later, only a week after meeting with Gambari, the junta extended Suu Kyi’s house arrest by a year. Suddenly, Gambari’s optimism was his humiliation. “People thought he had fallen for their line,” says Mark Farmaner, director of Campaign for Burma UK. “He was completely suckered.” (more…)

U Thu Wai, the chairman of the Rangoon-based Democratic Party, newly formed to participate in this year’s election, talks about the military government, the election and his party’s activities. The party was jointly formed in September 2009 with Daw Than Than Nu, Daw Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein and Daw Nay Yee Ba Swe, the daughters U Nu, U Kyaw Nyein and U Ba Swe, Burma’s late prime ministers during the parliamentary era. U Thu Wai led the Democracy Party and stood for election in the 1990 general election. (more…)