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The New Nation (Free subscription) | yesterday
UNB, Dhaka Myanmar yesterday agreed to export one lakh metric tonnes of rice to Bangladesh on regular basis as Dhaka made a host of proposals for expanding bilateral trade and economic cooperation with Yangon to a new height. The agreement came during official talks between Chief Advisor Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed and visiting Vice-Chairman of the ruling State Peace and Development Council of Myanmar Vice-senior...
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asianews (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Eye Doctor Examines Burmese Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi (file photo) The party of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says an eye doctor examined the pro-democracy figure at her Rangoon home for one hour this week. The National League for Democracy said Friday that Burmese authorities allowed the eye [...]
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green plastic radiohead (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
(photo by yangon) In case you didn't know, Radiohead is in Japan at the moment playing some shows. The band wrapped up the second night in Osaka and will be taking tomorrow off before playing four shows in Tokyo....
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's military authorities have detained a prominent former journalist and political ally of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition party said Thursday.
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
A gale blew through the village of Ahgnu — and the effect it had was devastating.
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Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
I spent the first 17 years of my life in Salford (though I was born in the Manchester Royal Infirmary, on the Protestant side of the River Irwell). I remember the council knocking down the magnificent Victorian mansions of ‘Millionaires Row’ and the tram lines being ripped up. The city’s only claim to fame at [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Yangon - The United Nations' flash appeal for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis remains 50 per cent unfunded, five months after the disaster, the group managing the relief effort disclosed Tuesday. Total contribution now stands at 240 million dollars ...
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IndyBlogs (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
By Andrew Buncombe Lots of people were celebrating last week after the Burmese military regime announced it was releasing more than 9,000 jail inmates including a handful of political prisoners who had been held for more than a dozen years....
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BURMA DEMOCRACY & DEVELOPMENT (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
BDD Nine NLD youth and its members who attended the NLD party’s founding 20th Anniversary in Rangoon. Group of NLD youth and other members attended the party birthday and they were arrested on the way from home while they were waiting at the bus stop. Arrested nine NLD members included a female member from Shwe Pyi Tha Township, said sources close to NLD. They were arrested because of more than five...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Yangon - Myanmar's military government arrested at least three National League for Democracy (NLD) supporters Saturday before the opposition party celebrated its 20-year anniversary, witnesses said. Police detained two men and one women near the NLD ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Yangon - Myanmar's military government arrested at least three National League for Democracy (NLD) supporters Saturday before the opposition party celebrated its 20-year anniversary, witnesses said. Police detained two men and one women near the NLD ...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Tiger and Elephant Conservation In Myanmar Wildlife keepers warn against elephants tendency to move sanctuary (Xinhua) Updated: 2008-09-26 13:36 YANGON -- Wildlife keepers in Myanmar have warned against tendency of move of sanctuary of wild elephants from deep mountain range in western Rakhine state to agricultural field as elephant feed is running short there this year, the local Biweekly Eleven News...
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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) _ A former aide to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was re-arrested less than 24 hours after being freed by the military government in a mass amnesty, an opposition spokesman said Friday.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
YANGON, Myanmar -- A former aide to Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was re-arrested less than 24 hours after being freed by the military government in a mass amnesty, an opposition spokesman said Friday.
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babylittle | 06/13/2008
As Irrawaddy went to report on Wednesday, June 11th 2008, despite the announcement of a major multilateral operation to determine the scope of cyclone Nargis on Burma, 18 cyclone victims (women and children) were arrested following
