(This interview is translated from Burmese.)

Chiang Mai – Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from seven year’s house arrest on November 13. Mizzima’s managing editor Sein Win spoke to her by phone four days later to receive her comments on India’s policy on Burma, using the internet and social weblogs, ethnic issues, the intrusion of John Yettaw, youth issues and women’s rights. (more…)

Yangon, Myanmar – The shopkeeper, a thin, jittery man who has spent nearly half his life in prison, wishes change were coming to Myanmar. (more…)

Recently freed Burma’s pro-democracy icon, Daw Aung San Su Kyi said, when meeting ethnic representatives from the United Nationalities Alliance (UNA) that the release of imprisoned ethnic leaders is one of her main concerns as well, according to meeting participants. (more…)

THE sun has not even started coming up in Yangon and there are few people on the streets. But Ko Nay Lin, 33, is panicking, unable to find the polling station where he has been told to vote. (more…)

Nay Pyi Taw — The Union Election Commission has informed the political parties today that if they want to remonstrate with the commission about the representatives-elect, they can do so in accordance with the rules and regulations. (more…)

Burma has asked Thailand to help people fleeing clashes between Burmese troops and ethnic rebels, because they believe the conflict will continue for some time yet. (more…)

Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand, will move to a new location because of financial challenges, according to Dr. Cynthia Maung, the founder of the clinic. (more…)

The release of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi could pay off economically for Burma’s junta even though Western nations are unlikely to ease trade and other sanctions soon, analysts said. (more…)

New Delhi – Aung San Suu Kyi visited a community home for people living with HIV today to offer them encouragement and promised them a better supply of the medicine they are lacking, a party spokesman said. (more…)

Washington—For the first time in several months, the United Nations Security Council will hold consultations on Burma on Thursday. (more…)

Something has long been rotten in the state of Burma. But for a few hours on Saturday, all seemed sweeter as crowds and garlands greeted the release of Aung San Suu Kyi on the streets of Rangoon. The clamour contrasted with the hush a week before, during Burma’s sham election. (more…)

New Delhi — With the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from prolonged house detention, it is time for the United States and its European partners to moderate their sanctions policy against Myanmar (Burma) so as to create incentives for greater political openness and to insulate its citizens from the rigors of the punitive actions. (more…)

DEMOCRACY ICON Aung San Suu Kyi’s long-awaited release from house arrest has stirred cautious hope in people worldwide, and Burma’s military leaders are spinning the event as part of their seven-step program to “disciplined democracy.” (more…)

The final results are not yet in, but we trust it is not too soon to congratulate Burma’s ruling regime on  its impeccable orchestration of a landslide victory for the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the Nov. 7 election and its canny decision to “free” pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi less than a week later. (more…)

Economic sanctions helped release Aung San Suu Kyi. That suggests the regime is ready for a deal. Does it want to take Burma (Myanmar) out of China’s tightening orbit? (more…)

In one short week over two long decades, Burma has returned to a window of potential political transition not seen since its last elections in 1990 were hijacked by the military. (more…)

Rangoon – Three days after her release from more than seven years of house arrest, the political future of Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) remained uncertain as her lawyers prepared to seek legality for the party and dialogue with the remainder of Burma’s heavily fractured political landscape. (more…)

Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi called Monday for a “non-violent revolution” in Burma after being freed from years of house arrest. (more…)

Are Burma’s top generals having second thoughts about releasing pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday? (more…)

Yangon — Myanmar’s military government warned Tuesday against filing complaints over the Nov. 7 election – a move that could spell trouble for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has vowed to probe alleged voting irregularities. (more…)