The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yangon - A high-level US delegation visiting Myanmar on an exploratory diplomatic mission this week failed to meet with representatives of the pro-junta National Unity Party (NUP), state media reported Friday. US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt C...
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yangon - This week's visit by senior United States government officials to military-ruled Myanmar is not expected to result in a quick thaw in US-Myanmar ties, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of States Scot Marciel said Thursday. This is early days, ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Yangon - Former Myanmar foreign minister Win Aung died in Insein Prison where he was serving a seven-year sentence for corruption, police and personal friends confirmed on Thursday. Win Aung, 65, died Wednesday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage, clo...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Diplomats meet privately with the Nobel Peace Prize winner in Yangon, according to local media reports. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell also talks with top generals from the ruling junta. Senior U.S. officials were allowed to meet today with Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, in a further sign of thawing relations between Washington and the Asian nation's secretive...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Yangon - The United States is ready to improve its relations with Myanmar on the condition that the ruling military junta makes significant moves toward political reconciliation, US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said Wednesday. Campbell,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell - the highest ranking American official to visit military-ruled Myanmar in 14 years - met Wednesday with Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Campbell, accomp...
Time (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The first high-level team of U.S. diplomats to visit Burma in 14 years met with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon on Wednesday
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell - the highest ranking American official to visit military-ruled Myanmar in 14 years - met Wednesday with Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Campbell, accomp...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
YANGON (Reuters) - A delegation of senior U.S. officials, pursuing a new dialogue, met with Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday in the highest-level talks with the reclusive junta in 14 years.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell arrived in Myanmar's military capital of Naypyitaw Tuesday for high-level talks with the ruling junta as part of the US's new engagement policy with the pariah regime, sources said. Campbell, acc...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is scheduled to hold talks with Aung San Suu Kyi during a visit to Myanmar this week, but is unlikely to meet the junta chief, sources said Monday. Campbell and US Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Yangon - US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell is unlikely to meet with Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Than Shwe on his two-day visit to the military-ruled country this week, government sources said Monday. Campbell and US Deputy Assist...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
YANGON, Myanmar — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is aware of an upcoming visit by two American officials and supports the new U.S. policy of engaging with Myanmar's military rulers, her lawyer said Saturday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar authorities have arrested up to 50 people including journalists, political activists and students in a security crackdown this month in its biggest city, a Thailand-based human rights group said on Friday.
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