Analysis

April 20, 2011
(News Analysis) – Burma’s xenophobic military-dominated government enforces a strictly Orwellian regime of politicized censorship in order to control...
April 5, 2011
Chang Mai (Mizzima) – When Soe Myint opened the car door and gave his pregnant wife a helping hand in front of the emergency department at Rangoon...
April 2, 2011
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has warned that although Burma’s State Peace and Development Council has been officially disbanded, there is no...
March 19, 2011
(News Analysis) – Twenty armed groups are now operating in Shan State, 53 years after the Shan started an armed resistance ...
March 4, 2011
Over the past three years, the German government has regularly invited Burmese diplomats to take part in an annual month-long training programme...
July 23, 2010
As time draws ever nearer for Burma’s 2010 general election, news of allegations of electoral irregularities consisting of various forms bribery,...
November 15, 2008
Ashin Gambira, the leading monk of the saffron revolution and a leader in 'All Burma Monks Alliance' (ABMA), has been under detention for one year as...
October 3, 2008
Poverty and the slow-pace of economic development in Burma, which was once known as the 'Rice Bowl' of Southeast Asia, is not the result of the...
September 15, 2008
Though the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed frustration at the failure of Burmese generals--to take "tangible steps" to include Aung...
September 11, 2008
With the palpable frustration of Burma's democratic opposition to United Nations efforts in Burma following the Special Envoy's most recent visit,...
September 10, 2008
Burma, a golden land has projected its dignity in terms of civil roles in un-erased memories down through half a century since independence. Moreover...
August 25, 2008
In 2001, the UN Human Rights Rapporteur, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, asked ASEAN and the UN to help promote an all inclusive, accountable, transparent and...
August 15, 2008
"And who do you want to be the next President of the United States?" I asked a clandestine congregation in Rangoon on a recent trip to Burma. The...
August 13, 2008
August 12th is a solemn day in the history of the Karen people. On this day we mourn the deaths of our national heroes, or martyrs if you will, and...
August 7, 2008
"President George Bush will meet Burmese activists during Thailand trip" – dominated headlines among Burma 's exile community. It appeared to offer...

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