World focus on Burma (18 January 2009)
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Bringing light into Myanmar’s darkness: Group helps political prisoners in Myanmar
International Herald Tribune, France -
Myanmar’s most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the pro-democracy movement, is barred by the military government from leaving her …
ASEAN calls for $700m for Burmese cyclone victims
Australia Network News, Australia -
“The TCG, the Tripartite Core Group, which we established in order to do the day to day work in Myanmar, in Yangon overseeing the assistance to the victims …
Backbreaking project from World War II is revived
Baltimore Sun, United States -
They gave their lives to build a 1079-mile road across northern Burma (now Myanmar) to reinforce Allied troops, a project derided by British Prime Minister …
Christians struggling to aid lepers in Burma
Spero News -
A group of nuns in Kengtung, Myanmar, struggles to find the funds to treat over 520 leprosy patients and aid 44 children. By UCA News Nan Shan Kham says she …
Casting Light on Plight of Burmese Dissidents
New York Times, United States -
… to a reporter and a handful of former political prisoners who have settled in this small Thai city on the border with Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. …
VIEW: Regional fallout from Thai turmoil —Bertil Lintner
Daily Times, Pakistan -
We want to bring good change in Myanmar (Burma).” Statements such as these may not be well received by other, more autocratic members of ASEAN such as Laos …
Sri Lanka-based Burmese political weblog wins “Best Asia Blog …
Asian Tribune, Thailand -
Democratic norms, human rights, counter-terrorism, refugees, civilian casualties in domestic battles between warring factions etc. …
Treat refugees humanely, process them transparently
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong -
A tragedy was always likely given the heartless way in which the migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were treated after arriving on Thailand’s Andaman …
