Lawyers, asylum-seekers say government project must be opened to local aid groups. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi’s release is great news for the dissident and her supporters — but it’s not going to mean anything for democracy in Burma. (more…)

To talk via video link to Aung San Suu Kyi was inspiring. Yet liberation is unlikely for Burma if its neighbours will not act. (more…)

Last April, writer and historian Barbara Goldsmith announced that Nay Phone Latt was the winner of the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith “Freedom to Write” award, which honors international literary figures who have been persecuted or imprisoned for exercising or defending the right to freedom of expression. (more…)

Bangkok—Despite her many appeals for dialogue, Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is getting only silent treatment from the country’s ruling generals. (more…)

Chaing Mai – Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to meet young activists from youth organisations on Friday, a party leader said today. (more…)

The Burmese regime has allowed trade to resume at a Sino-Burmese border crossing point in Kachin State after the Chinese embassy in Rangoon complained recently about the closure, according to diplomatic sources in the former capital. (more…)

The Norwegian government has been accused of complicity in illegal land seizures, forced labour and killings, by investing national funds in international companies that operate inside Burma on projects where widespread abuses are alleged to have taken place. (more…)

Indonesia said on Wednesday that recently freed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi needs to play a part in the solution of Myanmar’s ongoing political problems. (more…)

Singapore — Singapore statesman Lee Kuan Yew called Myanmar’s junta leaders “stupid” and “dense” in conversations with U.S. diplomats, according to classified documents released this week by WikiLeaks. (more…)

Washington — Observing that the policy of sanctions and open criticism has yielded nothing in the last two decades, two former US diplomats who served at its mission in Rangoon urged the Obama Administration on Wednesday to use “smart power” to bring change to Burma. (more…)

Bangkok – Is Myanmar truly trying to acquire a nuclear weapons capability and produce ballistic missiles with North Korean assistance, as alleged in a controversial June documentary made by the Norway-based Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) and aired by al-Jazeera, or is it all poppycock, as claimed in a November 12 report by United States-based ProPublica, an award-winning US investigative journalism outfit? (more…)

Chiang Mai – Britain has suggested to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that a full-time envoy be appointed to replace Vijay Nambiar, Ban’s interim Burma envoy, the country’s UN ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told reporters in New York last week. (more…)

In an exclusive interview with DW, Burmese civil rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi talks about the changes in Myanmar (Burma) she has experienced after her release and her future plans. (more…)

A lawsuit is being filed against Burma’s election authority by the opposition National Democratic Force as anger over the controversial polls continues. (more…)

Four ethnic armed groups have discussed the possibility of deepening cooperation and mutual support at a meeting in Mongla, the Burmese-Chinese border town in Eastern Shan State, which lies in the area controlled by the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA). (more…)

Bagnkok — A recently built dam in southern China is hurting the livelihoods of thousands of villagers downstream in Myanmar, environmental activists said Tuesday in the latest complaint about management of Southeast Asian rivers that cross national boundaries. (more…)

Rangoon – The value of bilateral trade between Burma and Vietnam has increased almost 60 per cent year on year and will reach nearly US$160 million, according to Vietnamese deputy industry and trade minister Nguyen Thanh Bien, in Rangoon yesterday. (more…)

An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Myanmar to release at least 2,202 prisoners of conscience still detained one month after the freeing of Aung San Suu Kyi, saying many of the prisoners are seriously ill as a result of harsh jail conditions. (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi is a shining beacon of hope and virtue for all those who seek democracy by peaceful means and through the forgiveness of enemies. She herself said in a recent interview that she bore her tormentors no ill will, and that she hoped the military men of Myanmar would resume their rightful role as “heroes” of the country. (more…)