Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar’s opposition said Wednesday that the country’s president-elect has no right to start appointing ministers to his new government since he has not yet been sworn in. (more…)

Although repression has left many of their contemporaries apathetic about politics, a dedicated core of Myanmarese students are laying the groundwork for a democratic future (more…)

The detained former editor of Burma’s only overseas-funded newspaper was again refused bail yesterday as judges await a testimony from a drugs expert. (more…)

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – University students in Moulmein in Mon State demonstrated and threw stones at electrical services offices on Tuesday in protest against cuts in electricity during their graduation exams period. (more…)

The passenger plane that crashed during a test flight on Saturday in southern Russia was insured and a new one will be built soon if insurance is paid swiftly, an aircraft industry source said on Wednesday. (more…)

Not only are anti-retroviral meds scarce, many Burmese don’t know the virus exists. (more…)

GORDON Brown has been blocked from visiting ¬political reformer Aung San Suu Kyi. (more…)

Junta chief Than Shwe is a big football fan. (more…)

Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has stepped down. Could Myanmar’s long serving military dictator General Than Shwe be next? (more…)

Burma’s government budget for the 2011 – 2012 fiscal year shows that the country’s new military-civilian government will keep military security as its top priority and lacks the political will to improve the country’s human security. (more…)

MANILA, Philippines – The trial of a Mindanao mayor and other officials for the brutal killing of 57 people in November 2009 has highlighted many of the flaws of the Philippine justice system. But at least there is a system, and hope that the perpetrators of the Maguindanao massacre will be justly punished. The same cannot be said about Burma, where the military has ruled for nearly 50 years with lawless brutality, committing criminal offenses without ever having to worry about being held to account. (more…)

Engineers are secretly surveying for dams planned by China hydropower giant Datang on the Salween and its tributaries in Karenni State under the armed guard of Burma’s junta, according to local researchers. (more…)